seignior – English noun declension

English noun forms of seignior

Noun: seignior
Singularseignior
Pluralseigniors

Sample Sentences

  • 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. [2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 2, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:]

Etymology

From Middle English senyour, from Old French seignor, seignior, from Latin senior, seniōrem. Doublet of seigneur, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire. See: Middle English Nouns 'senyour', Latin Nouns 'senior'.