Noun
a man of rank in the ancient regime
Source: WordNetCompleted by a third volume, the Traité de la Divinité de Nôtre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, it appeared at Rotterdam, 1689. Source: Internet
His father, Pierre Eyquem, Seigneur of Montaigne, was a French Catholic soldier in Italy for a time and had also been the mayor of Bordeaux. Source: Internet
History of France Équinoxiale France Équinoxiale started in 1612, when a French expedition departed from Cancale, Brittany, France, under the command of Daniel de la Touche, Seigneur de la Ravardière, and François de Razilly, admiral. Source: Internet
In 1399, the French King Charles VI sent Marshal Jean Le Maingre with six ships carrying 1,200 men from Aigues-Mortes to Constantinople ; later 300 men under Seigneur Jean de Chateaumorand remained to defend the city against Bayezid. Source: Internet
The de Carteret family 'ruled' Sark until 1720, when the lease passed to the Le Pelley family of Guernsey, and then in the 19th century to the Collings family, from whom the current Seigneur, Michael Beaumont, is descended. Source: Internet
Queen Elizabeth I, who issued Letters Patent giving Helier de Carteret, the Seigneur of St Ouen, the right to colonise Sark. Source: Internet