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Recent Examples of seignior
Terence had really identified very much with being the grand seignior.
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Clark Collis, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
Clark Collis, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seignior
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The Patriots have lost five of six to Bills uber-QB Josh Allen, the reigning signal-caller seigneur of the AFC East.Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
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One is of course of George himself in gorgeous silver and velvet, a huge canvas that tested Lawrence’s skill in portraying him as a grand seigneur in the manner of the Sun King (see illustration on page 28).Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020
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For the chevalier’s apartment in Paris, where much of the movie is filmed, Murphy visited the Hotel le Peletier, a Baroque mansion in Paris, and the Château de Maisons-Laffitte in the suburbs of Paris.Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 26 Apr. 2023
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He was made a chevalier in the French Order of Arts and Letters in 1986, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988 and was elevated in 2001 to a Companion of Honor, a British distinction limited to 65 living people.Washington Post, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
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The oldest in the region is the Half Way House in Chesterfield, of course, which has been serving Founding Fathers, Civil War generals and at least one French marquis since 1760.Karri Peifer, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
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Queen Charlotte presents Francesca with a marquis from Vienna.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
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The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim.Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
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In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province.Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019
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One sheikh recently signed a deal to lease a vast swatch of Tanzania’s forests – totaling 8% of the country’s land – for a carbon offset business.Kizito Makoye, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024
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Mubarak tried to bring mosques and sheikhs in hand by requiring them to obtain licenses issued by the state.Geneive Abdo, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2020
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Nattering nabobs of non-mainstream media might call it assault by beverage.Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2024
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The Gold Coast once held the highest concentrations of American wealth, and today, the area remains an upscale part of Long Island, with many of those centuries-old homes of Gilded Age nabobs still intact.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Seignior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seignior. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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