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seigneur

/seen-yur, seyn-; French se-nyœr/US // sinˈyɜr, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr //UK // (sɛˈnjɜː, French sɛɲœr) //

爵爷,爵位,继承人,庄园主

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sei·gneurs [seen-yurz, seyn-; French se-nyœr]. /sinˈyɜrz, seɪn-; French sɛˈnyœr/.

    • : a lord, especially a feudal lord.
    • : a holder of a seigneury.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlord

Examples

  • In a lawsuit, documented here, Rogers is charged with exercising what might be called droit du seigneur.

  • "'Amadis de Gaule,' by the Seigneur des Essarts, commissary in ordinary to the king's artillery," she replied.

  • A stockade half bars the river of Plouernel, and serves as a shelter for the barges of the seigneur.

  • The seigneur of Plouernel had gathered in the chamber of his mistress a mass of precious objects, the fruits of his raids.

  • Seigneur, she wishes no other husband than Eucher; and I may assure you the lad is worthy of the love of my daughter.

  • We shall surely, my daughter and I, be set at liberty when the seigneur count will be in possession of my property.