seign·eur 
(sān-yûr, sĕn-yœr)
(sān-yûr, sĕn-yœr)n.
1. A man of rank, especially a feudal lord in the ancien régime.
2. In Canada, a man who owned a large estate originally held by a feudal grant from the king of France.
3. Used as a form of address for such a man.
[French, from Old French seignor, from Vulgar Latin *senior; see SEIGNIOR.]
seign·euri·al adj.
- Indo-European root: derk-
- Indo-European root: deru-
- Indo-European root: deu-
- Indo-European root: deu-
- Indo-European root: deuk-
- Indo-European root: deuə-
- Indo-European root: dhegwh-
- Indo-European root: dheigh-
- Indo-European root: dher-
- Indo-European root: dhers-
- Indo-European root: dheu-
- Indo-European root: dheu-
- Indo-European root: dheub-
- Indo-European root: dheugh-
- Indo-European root: dheuə-
- Indo-European root: dhghem-
- Indo-European root: dhgh(y)es-
- Indo-European root: dhreg-
- Indo-European root: dhreibh-
- Indo-European root: dhreu-
- Indo-European root: dhugəter-
- Indo-European root: dhwer-
- Indo-European root: dhē-
- Indo-European root: dhē(i)-
- Indo-European root: dhēs-