seigneur
/sɛˈnjɝ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A feudal lord or noble.
noun
The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.
noun
A hereditary title in the Bailiwick of Jersey.
Example Sentences
- ""Then you're not - " "Darling," I said, "do you really see me in the position of a seigneur, driving my serfs and villeins before me with a whip - even if the triffids haven't overrun me first?""
- "There was less and less love lost between peasants and seigneurs. The services which the latter had provided for the peasant community in the past had diminished in value."
- "Beaumont lives on Sark, a small, autonomous island twenty-five miles off the coast of Normandy, with her husband, Michael, the island's seigneur."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: seigneur, seignor
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɛˈnjɝ/
- British English: /sɛˈnjɜ/