seigneuressn.
/ˈseɪnjʊərɪs/ A woman who exercises feudal authority; also, the wife of a seigneur.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady
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dame1530
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Donna1670
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ladyship1785
señora1818
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1849 Lady Wilde tr. W. Meinhold Sidonia the Sorceress II. 130 Your feudal lady and seigneuress, Sidonia Bork.
1888 ‘W. Châteauclair’ Young Seigneur 118 How is Monsieur the Seigneur? And how is Madame the Seigneuresse?
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