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Definition of: monseigneur
(mon′sen·yûr′, mon·sēn′yər; Fr. mô
·se·nyœr′) noun plural mes·sei·gneurs (me·se·nyœr′)
My lord: a title given to princes of the church and formerly to the higher nobility of France. [<F <mon my + seigneur lord <L senior older. See SENIOR.]
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