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signieur

signieur is the alternative form of seignior.

Meaning of seignior

Noun

seignior (plural seigniors)

  1. (historical) A feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.
    • Louis XIV’s minions tried to bend New France’s increasingly aboriginal society to his will. […] In the St. Lawrence Valley almost all arable land not reserved for the Church was divided among well-born gentlemen to enable them to become landed aristocrats, or seigniors.2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 2, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
  2. A title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to Sir.

Forms of signieur

pluralsignieurs

Questions about signieur

What is signieur the alternative form of?
Signieur is the alternative form of seignior.

Words near signieur in the dictionary

  1. signeurialism
  2. signeurs
  3. signholder
  4. signholders
  5. signiconic
  6. signieur
  7. signieurs
  8. signifer
  9. signifiable
  10. signifiance
  11. signifiaunce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: signieur (page history and authors); seignior (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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