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▪ I. ‖ sieur1 Now arch.|sjø(r)|
[Fr.: cf. monsieur.]
Used as a courtesy title or form of address.
1772in D. Arundell Sadler's Wells (1965) iii. 28 Principal dancers. Sieur Daigueville and his pupils. 1893S. Weyman Gentleman of France I. iii. 66 You have not told me yet, sieur, where we stay to-night. 1901G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville iii. 124 Bumpkin Fitz Algernon de Courcy Cashel Byron, sieur of Park Lane and overlord of Dorset. 1981P. Vansittart Death of Robin Hood ii. ii. 40 John's dwarf, Sieur Marc,..now discarded winter as he might a cloak.
▪ II. ‖ sieur2 S. Afr.|sjœː(r)|
[ad. Afrikaans seur, f. Du. sinjeur lord, master: ultimately related and assimilated to prec.]
A respectful form of address or reference to a superior; master, ‘sir’.
1812A. Plumptre tr. Lichtenstein's Trav. S. Afr. I. 118 The former [sc. the Hottentots] only address their master by the title of Baas (Master), while the slaves address him as Sieur (lord). 1886G. A. Farini Through Kalahari Desert 312 You ought not to have stayed here last night; the klein Sieur was very anxious. 1942‘B. Knight’ Sun climbs Slowly xviii. 154 ‘Missis, Sieur,’ she shrilled excitedly. ‘The veld is on fire.’ 1968K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 56 The maid who took the early morning coffee reported this to the sieur. |