Seignior

Seigneur , sē′nyor, n. a title of honour and addre in Europe to elders or superiors: the lord of a manor.— ns. Seign′iorage , Seign′orage , a royalty: a share of profit: a percentage on minted bullion; Seignioral′ty , the authority or the territory of a seignior or lord.— adjs. Seigniorial (sē-nyō′ri-al), Seigneu′rial , Signō′rial , manorial.— v.t. Seign′iorise , to lord it over.— ns. Seign′iory , Seign′ory , the power or authority of a seignior or lord: a domain, a lordship without a manor, or that of manor whose lands were held by free tenants: the elders forming the municipal council in a medieval Italian republic.— Grand Seignior , the Sultan of Turkey. [Fr. seigneur —L. senior — senex , old. In Late. L. senior is sometimes equivalent to dominus , lord.]