Definition of Seignior. Meaning of Seignior. Synonyms of Seignior

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Definition of Seignior

Seignior
Seignior Seign"ior, n. [OF. seignor, F. seigneur, cf. It. signore, Sp. se[~n]or from an objective case of L. senier elder. See Senior.] 1. A lord; the lord of a manor. 2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English. Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.

Meaning of Seignior from wikipedia

- brother Paolo, having discovered them in adultery. He was succeeded as seignior of Rimini by his sons, first by Malatestino and later by Pandolfo I.  This...
- willingly.' Middle ****yrian Laws §12. 'If, as a seignior's wife p****ed along the street, a(nother) seignior has seized her, saying to her, 'Let me lie with...
- ("old, elderly"). It is a doublet of the English words senior, sir, sire, seignior, sieur, and monsieur and shares the same provenance as the Italian signore...
- Traffick. She is in love with Charles, but Sir Jealous plans to marry her to Seignior Diego Babinetto. Patch – Isabinda's servant. Scentwell – Miranda's servant...
- which contemporary saddles were made, and jocularly addressed him as "seignior" (señor). According to modern English physician and writer Jan Bondeson...
- internal instability led the doge Antoniotto Adorno to surrender the title of Seignior of Genoa to the king of France. The French were driven away in 1409 and...
- Charles I with M. de St Antoine is an oil painting on canvas by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, depicting Charles I on horseback, accompanied by...
- brother-in-arms, they shall turn him into a eunuch." A similar law code reads, "If a seignior lay with his neighbor, when they have prosecuted him (and) convicted him...
- Some translators have supplied stilted readings for awīlum, such as "seignior", "elite man", and "member of the aristocracy"; others have left it untranslated...
- 1. Salt Duties Act 1718 (5 Geo. 1. c. 18) The 'Dominions of the Grand Seignior' is a reference to the Ottoman Empire. Customs Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c....