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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
seignior
    n 1: a man of rank in the ancient regime [syn: feudal lord,
         seigneur, seignior]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. A title of honor or of address in the South of Europe,
      corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English.
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   Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SEIGNIOR or SEIGNEUR. Among the feudists, this name signified lord of the 
fee. F. N. B. 23. The most extended signification of this word includes not 
only a lord or peer of parliament, but is applied to the owner or proprietor 
of a thing; hence, the owner of a hawk, and the master of a fishing vessel, 
is called a seigneur. 37 Edw. Ill. c. 19; Barr. on the Stat. 258.
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