† seignioressen.
Law. Obsolete.
= seigneuress n.
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a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 194 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If the eldest sister should take homage of the yonger, she should be as a segnioresse to them all.
1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. vi. §459. 200 If a woman be seignoresse, and a man be tenant.
1651 tr. J. Kitchin Courts Leet (1653) 313 If a Woman Signioresse take her Tenant to Husband.
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