señorn.
/sɛˈnjɔː/ 1.
a. In Spanish use or with reference to a Spanish man: A title of respect placed before the name of a man, equivalent to ‘Mr.’
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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
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 129 How now (Sennor few-clothes) what winde draue you hither?
1868 M. B. Betham-Edwards Through Spain 166 Señor Bensaken..would wait upon the Señoras at once, was the reply.
b. Used without the name as a form of address.
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1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 196 ‘But have you ever met with it yourself?’.. ‘No, Señor, God be thanked!’
1884 F. Boyle On Borderland 372 Now, señores! What was the creature that pursued me thus, in broad daylight?
c. A Spanish gentleman.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > foreign
hidalgo1594
signor1742
caballero1749
babu1763
signore1820
senhor1830
señor1868
1868 M. B. Betham-Edwards Through Spain 189 I am..but a humble Señor, of little account.
2. A feudal lord, seigneur (in Spain).
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > feudal lord > European
seigneur1592
señor1845
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
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. xii. 938 Castro Urdiales, of which the Black Prince was Señor, has also its bay [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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