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seigneur
[ seen-yur, seyn-; French se-²Ô²â²Õ°ù ]
noun
- a lord, especially a feudal lord.
- (in French Canada) a holder of a seigneury.
seigneur
/ sɛˈnjÉœË; sɛɲœr /
noun
- a feudal lord, esp in France
- (in French Canada, until 1854) the landlord of an estate that was subdivided among peasants who held their plots by a form of feudal tenure
Derived Forms
- ²õ±ð¾±Ëˆ²µ²Ô±ð³Ü°ù¾±²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ð¾±Â·²µ²Ô±ð³Ü·°ù¾±Â·²¹±ô [seen-, yur, -ee-, uh, l, seyn-], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of seigneur1
Example Sentences
He wearies the young men of his city in athletic contests, and when they marry he insists on the droit du seigneur: he, not the groom, spends the wedding night with the bride.
The university is one of the last domains of hierarchy, its Marxist residents notwithstanding, and hierarchy has always been conducive to the droit du seigneur.
Women are not legally chattel, even if many still face the kind of droit de seigneur attitude of entitlement from powerful men.
Nearly 80 years later, that aroma of perversion and maladroit du seigneur clings to Hollywood.
A petition from women demanding that the United States introduce droit de seigneur.
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