seigniorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 senyour, from Old French seignor, seignior, from Latin senior, seniōrem. Doublet of seigneur, senhor, senior, señor, signore, sir, and sire.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈseɪnjə/ enPR: sēnʹ-yûr
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsiːnjɚ/

名詞

seignior (plural seigniors)

1. (historical) A feudal lord; a nobleman who held his lands by feudal grant; any lord (holder) of a manor.
   • 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 2, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

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

関連する語

• grand seignior

アナグラム

• Nigerois, origines