seignior

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.

   “Louis XIV’s minions tried to bend New France’s increasingly aboriginal society to his will. […] In the St. Lawrence Valley almost all arable land not reserved for the Church was divided among well-born gentlemen to enable them to become landed aristocrats, or seigniors.”

2. isim A title of respect, formerly corresponding (especially in France) approximately to Sir.