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seigneur
- /sɛˈnjɜ/ UK
- /sɛˈnjɝ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜ(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor. Doublet of seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
noun seigneurs · seignior
- A feudal lord or noble. "Then you're not - " "Darling," I said, "do you really see me in the position of a seigneur, driving my serfs and villeins before me with a whip - even if the triffids haven't overrun me first?"
- The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark. Beaumont lives on Sark, a small, autonomous island twenty-five miles off the coast of Normandy, with her husband, Michael, the island's seigneur.
- A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.
- A hereditary title in the Bailiwick of Jersey.
Talk about this word "seigneur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seigneur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seigneur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seigneur "seigneur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seigneur.Cite this
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title = {seigneur},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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