DCHP-2

seigneur seignior [< F] Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  in French Canada: the legal holder of a seigneury (def. 1a).

  See also: seigneury (def. 1a)  

• 2 n.

  in French Canada: the holder of a seigneury (def. 1b).

  See also: seigneury (def. 1b)