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Monsieur
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monsieur
English
Etymology
en :bor fr:Monsieur + 1
Noun
s Messieurs
Mister, especially in a French context.
en 1880 Horace Wemyss Smith Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D.: First Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. First President of Washington College, Maryland. With Copious Extracts from His Writings 140 It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, that Messieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...]
en 2011 Rick Johnson That's My Teenage Son: How Moms Can Influence Their Boys to Become Good Men Revell 9780800733841 204 As the Monsieurs suddenly showed up and confronted the situation with wicked grins on their faces, the gang members decided to sullenly disperse and slink away. It was like a scene from an old West showdown.
en 2014 Tasha Alexander The Counterfeit Heiress: A Lady Emily Mystery Minotaur Books 9781250024688 244 Estella smiled when she considered how very different her circumstances were now to those when, not so long ago, she had feared Monsieur Jones, and thought of him only as her captor. Now, he was something else: her liberator, ...
Synonyms
en M.
Further reading
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Anagrams
en eimnorsu inermous
en Titles
French
Etymology
Capitalization of fr monsieur
Pronunciation
me-sieu
Noun
m Messieurs
fr monsieur Used to show respect
fr historical Specifically, the brother of the French king
fr 1844 w:Alexandre Dumas Les Trois Mousquetaires II Comment ! le cardinal fait […] couper le cou à Chalais, sous le stupide prétexte qu'il a voulu tuer le roi et marier Monsieur avec la reine ! What! The cardinal is having Chalais's head cut off, on the ridiculous pretext that he wanted to kill the king and marry Monsieur to the queen!
fr 1874 w:Barbey d'Aurevilly Le Bonheur dans le crime Les Diaboliques Plus de trente jeunes gens de ses meillures familles servaient alors, soit aux Gardes-du-Corps, soit à ceux de Monsieur […]. More than thirty people from the town's best families served either in the king's bodyguard, or in that of Monsieur.
Anagrams
fr muerions
fr remuions
fr Titles
Luxembourgish
Etymology
lb fr monsieur.
Pronunciation
lb /meˈsjø/ [məˈsjøː]
Noun
m
gentleman, a man of social standing
lb Här
Female equivalent: lb Damm, lb Madamm
lb address sir, mister
lb Här
Female equivalent: lb Fra, lb Madamm
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