signior

NOUN
  1. used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately
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How To Use signior In A Sentence

  • Herr, or is it signior -- how does one address a Dane born in Sweden, for the fellow came from Knudstrup -- Brahe was an astronomer. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • I would be loath to have you overflown with a honey-bag, signior. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • In every signiory, barony and manor, all the leet men shall be under the jurisdiction of the respective Lords of the said signiory, barony or manor, without appeal from him. Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languag
  • He is a grave and reverend signior, with rosary in hand and Koran on lip, is generally a pilgrim, talks at dreary length about Holy Places, writes a pretty hand, has read and can recite much poetry, is master of his religion, demeans himself with respectability, is perfect in all points of ceremony and politeness, and feels equally at home whether sultan or slave sit upon his counter. First footsteps in East Africa
  • We were very much caressed by the Spanish gentlemen of the country, and made the acquaintance of a certain English signior, who had been settled in those parts many years, and had acquired the love and esteem of the whole province. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
  • In person, he can summon up the look of a 'most potent, grave and reverend signior,' only 'to discard it in a flash when laughter looms.' Confessions of a Child of the Century
  • His family owned the signiory of Commines on the Lys, and some of his ancestors had been aldermen of Ypres. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • Guillaume were so effectuall with Signior Herminio, that he became the most bountifull and best house-keeper, which lived in his time in Geneway: no man more honouring and friendly welcoming both strangers and Citizens, then he continually used to do. The Decameron
  • Welcome, signior: you are almost come to part almost a fray. Much Ado About Nothing
  • `Are you certain, Signior Lampone, that this is not so much piffle to put us all in a maze? THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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