n. A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See seignior.
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n. a man of rank in the ancient regime
Word Usage
"Bodin adopted the term seigneur as the equivalent of despótēs for one of his three varieties of government in the French version of the Six livres de la République"