单词 | seignior |
释义 | seigniorn. 1. a. In early use, synonymous with lord n. and int.; a person high in rank or authority, a ruler, a feudal superior; the lord of a manor. Now rare, and chiefly as a more vernacular substitute for seigneur n. in speaking of a French feudal noble. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority mastereOE herOE lordOE overmana1325 overling1340 seignior1393 prelatea1475 oversman1505 signor1583 hogen mogen1639 boss-cocky1898 man1918 trump1937 authority figure1948 Great White Father1960 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > feudal lord lordOE liege lord1297 seignior1393 liegec1440 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > feudal lord lordOE liege lord1297 seignior1393 liegec1440 seigneur1592 señor1845 flaith1861 flath1873 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 269 Now beeþ þese seintes, as men seyen, and souereynes [v.r. seynours] in heuene. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 1455 Þe keyes hij token in his honde Of her Cites of her honoure And maden hym her liege seignoure. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13056 Then the Seniour [i.e. Menelaus] full sone, with seasonable windes, Cairet fro Crete with his clene nauy. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5758 in Wks. (1931) I Thare sall our Senȝeouris of the cessioun Off all thare faltis mak cleir confessioun. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 39 A hundred thousand men of Warre..were sent by the Seniours of Mexico and Tezcuco to encounter Cortez. 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Seignior or Signior,..Lord, Master. In a Law Sense, the Lord of the Fee, or of the Manour. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 9 Late in the evening, I reached Les Cédres, and was carried to the house of M. Leduc, its seignior. 1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici V. vii. 218 In the year 1245, was buried..a pious seignior, de Romilly, who dwelt at Romilly-sur-Seine. 1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. lii. 177 They denied the authority of the French nobility as magistrates, and resisted their claim of a right as seignors to command their military services. b. As a title of address. Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] yea1225 my Lordc1300 seigniorc1330 squire1382 noblessec1390 lordship1394 grace1423 gentlenessc1425 magnificencec1425 noblenessc1425 greatness1473 worshipc1475 your mightinessa1500 excellency?1533 celsitude1535 altitude1543 Your Honour1551 sublimity1553 excellencea1592 captal1592 gentleperson1597 clemencya1600 gravity1618 grace1625 grandeur1632 eximiousness1648 professorship1656 prince1677 excellenceshipc1716 Graceship1804 seigniorship1823 valiancy1828 your seignorie1829 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3607 (Kölbing) Merlin com þe king to & to hem seyd: Bieu segnours [MS. sengours], Ȝe ben yswore to king Arthours. c1440 York. Myst. xxx. 73 [To Pilate] My seniour, will ye see now þe sonne in youre sight. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xx. 227 Seniours, seke to my sawes, For bryssyng of youre bonys. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. d viiiv Worsshipful seniours we must theym call, Requyrynge that we shulde to theym obeye. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ix. 206 ‘Surely not, good seignior,’ answered the burgher. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a man > in languages other than English signor1539 seigniora1578 señor1622 Herr1653 senhor1795 Shri1800 Encika1811 reb1859 Sr.a1912 U1930 a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 187 Seinȝeour Dauid the Italian secriter. 1588 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1901) XXI. 410 For chalmer maill and bedding to Senyeour Du Barras, Francheman. 1718 Free-thinker No. 15. 2 Seignior Camillo and Seignior Alessandro..entered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1330 |
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