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Monsieur(dictionary)
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Monsieur (iou)



Monsieur noun. . E16.
[French, from mon my + sieur lord. See also MOSSOO, MOUNSEER.]
Used as a title (preceding the surname or other designation) of or as a respectful form of address to a French or French-speaking man or (more widely) a man of any non-British nationality (corresp. to English Mr), and in literal renderings of French speech. E16.
Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream Mounsieur Cobweb; good mounsieur, get you your weapons in your hand. N. Freeling That is quite correct, Monsieur le Juge.
b. In pl. Used as pl. of MR. Now only in abbreviated form MESSRS. L18.
Thackeray Lady Agnes..voted the two Messieurs Pendennis most agreeable men.
A man usually addressed or referred to as 'Monsieur'; a Frenchman, orig. one of rank. Now rare or obsolete. E16.
N. Luttrell At last the monsieurs struck, and are brought into Plymouth.
b. The French people. L17-E18.
Hist. (A title of) the second son or eldest brother of the King of France. M16.
? As a title freq. abbreviated to M.