seigneur

A man of rank, especially a feudal lord in the ancien régime.

In Canada, a man who owned a large estate originally held by a feudal grant from the king of France.

Used as a form of address for such a man.

See seignior.

A feudal lord; a noble.

The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.

A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.

a man of rank in the ancient regime