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Meanings of great seigneur in English

We have no meanings for "great seigneur" in our records yet.
Usage of great seigneur in English
1
As for the Chevalier de Valois, he remarked to Mariette, in the easy tone of a great seigneur who condescends to be familiar:-
An Old Maid
2
Juana might well become the wife of either a great seigneur or a wealthy merchant; she lacked no virtue necessary to the highest destiny.
Juana
3
He was invited there by a great seigneur, who, although he could not abide music himself, maintained an orchestra from a love of display.
Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"
4
You've always seemed to me as fine as the gold they gild on lead; you were made to be the love of a great seigneur.
An Old Maid
5
They resume without haste their natural gaits, with that sovereign dignity characteristic of great seigneurs.
Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
6
He has brought the discontented great seigneurs into the party of the Reformation without obliging them to abjure Catholicism openly.
Catherine De Medici
7
D'Hérouville mingled with the great seigneurs, and, backed by his reputation as a famous swordsman, did about as he pleased.
The Grey Cloak
8
"It is a great homage to art," said Mr. Phoebus, as he scattered his gold like a great seigneur of Gascony.
Lothair
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