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Recent Examples of seigneur
Gianfranco was every inch the grand seigneur but without the pretense.
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John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The Patriots have lost five of six to Bills uber-QB Josh Allen, the reigning signal-caller seigneur of the AFC East.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
One is of course of George himself in gorgeous silver and velvet, a huge canvas that tested Lawrence’s skill in portraying him as a grand seigneur in the manner of the Sun King (see illustration on page 28).
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020
Sometime after the panel in Oslo, Searle was dishonorably discharged from his emeritus position at UC Berkeley for allegedly leveraging his branding as a genius to assert droit de seigneur and exploit, abuse, and assault a young woman.
—Wired, 20 Sep. 2019
John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The Patriots have lost five of six to Bills uber-QB Josh Allen, the reigning signal-caller seigneur of the AFC East.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
One is of course of George himself in gorgeous silver and velvet, a huge canvas that tested Lawrence’s skill in portraying him as a grand seigneur in the manner of the Sun King (see illustration on page 28).
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020
Sometime after the panel in Oslo, Searle was dishonorably discharged from his emeritus position at UC Berkeley for allegedly leveraging his branding as a genius to assert droit de seigneur and exploit, abuse, and assault a young woman.
—Wired, 20 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seigneur
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Terence had really identified very much with being the grand seignior.—
Clark Collis,
EW.com,
13 Sep. 2021
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Available in 9-karat and 18-karat yellow and white gold, the pendant and chevalier ring come with a cast kit to take the pet’s nose print, which is then reproduced on the jewels by the brand’s goldsmiths.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, Gaydos was named a chevalier/knight by France’s Ministry of Culture in recognition of his long career in entertainment.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Guy Montag burned libraries in Fahrenheit 451, and Don Quixote’s priest and barber burned the romances that turned the hidalgo mad.—
Justin Beal,
Curbed,
11 Sep. 2021
Noun
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The lights dim, and a hush falls over the crowd, as the last nawab of Oudh strides onto the stage at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Theater.—
Isha Trivedi,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim.—
Ellen Barry,
New York Times,
22 Nov. 2019
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But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Back then, white scholars saw history through the eyes of society’s nabobs, kings and presidents.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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Andrew met Epstein in the late nineties, through Ghislaine Maxwell, the youngest daughter of Robert Maxwell, a former press baron.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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The land was donated to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the 1950s by descendants of one of the city’s early oil barons.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The case also brought to public attention the disturbing story of the sheikh’s two other daughters, Shamsa and Latifa, who disappeared after attempting to escape her father’s control.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
5 Feb. 2026
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Sunday’s demonstrations were called for by Ghazal Ghazal, an Alawite sheikh living outside of Syria who heads a group called the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council in Syria and the Diaspora.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Dec. 2025
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Jack Huston plays Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is betrayed to the Romans by his adopted brother, Messala (Toby Kebbell), and sold into slavery and then returns years to Jerusalem seeking revenge.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Trial of Seven is about to commence — a clash of mud, blood, and iron before a roaring crowd to determine the fate of the aspiring knight that dared to defend a lowly stage performer from a rampaging Targaryen prince.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Seigneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seigneur. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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