The term seigneur is still used but is now a mere honorary title. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
Rome, nay, the very etymology of our word seigneur, show how much gray hairs were formerly respected. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind] Reference
The seigneur was the protector of the little town that lay below. From Wordnik.com. [Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe] Reference
'This is the Castle of Balchenburg,' was the reply; 'the seigneur is the. From Wordnik.com. [Two Penniless Princesses] Reference
The seigneur was his friend, but the seigneur could not disobey the governor's orders. From Wordnik.com. [The Refugees] Reference
He always called me his "seigneur," as did the other of my servants born at. From Wordnik.com. [Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...] Reference
Laval had owned the entire Côté de Beaupré and in fact had been its "seigneur", or "seignior" as in the old Seigniory system. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Sieur de Comporté, seigneur of Malbaie, sentenced to death in. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
For though D'Ambois had two younger brothers, Hubert, seigneur de. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
No one but the seigneur is allowed to keep pigeons or a female dog. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
Quebec, the seigneur with the representative there of the sovereign. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
It was not necessary to be of noble birth to be a Canadian seigneur. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
The old warrior, too, thought his young seigneur wanted to run away. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
"Surely they would not keep out so great a seigneur as you," said Alain. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Michael Beaumont, the 71-year-old seigneur, scoffs at the Barclays 'insults. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
So behold the young seigneur disporting himself at Murray Bay in the spring of 1811. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
An old world flavour seems to pervade the relations between seigneur and vassal in a. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
A mere man of the people would have been awed by the courtesy of the old seigneur, but. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
Each of the larger contingents that joined him had brought the standard of its seigneur. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
It was only when a tenant sold a holding, that the seigneur secured any considerable sum. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
He brought in soldiers who became settlers, among them the first real seigneur of Malbaie. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
In Canada the seigneur was not the oppressor of his people but rather their watchful guardian. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
Like many islanders, the seigneur says he's irked more by the Barclays 'attitude than by their aim. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
(Extracting profits from the manufacturing of money is called seigniorage, after seigneur -- "lord" in French.). From Wordnik.com. [The New Coin Of The Realm] Reference
The hereditary overlord, the seigneur, still rents his fiefdom from the crown for a token sum of £1.79 a year. From Wordnik.com. [Daughters And Heirs] Reference
The writer, the grand seigneur, and the business man had, notwithstanding the differences of age and of position. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But the inhabitants declared that when land was once granted, the seigneur lost all control over the adjoining waters. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
He pushed the curtain aside so Alain, if he was there, could get a good look and know that his seigneur was safe and happy. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Nairne was in command of the local militia and he found that officers of militia, and even a neighbouring seigneur, could not read. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
On a certain occasion, as the season had advanced toward the chill of winter, the opulent seigneur made great fires of acacia wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
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