seigneur

  1. Noun.  A feudal lord in the ancien regime.
  2. Noun.  The possessor of a seigneury in the feudal system.
  3. Noun.  The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.
  4. Noun.  A landowner in New France (modern-day Canada).

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