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signor [seen-yawr, -yohr, sin-yawr, -yohr; Italian see-nyawr] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural si·gnors, Italian si·gno·ri [see-nyaw-ree] /siˈnyɔ ri/.
- a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
Also signior. Origin of signor From Italian, dating back to 1570–80; see origin at signore1 signore 1[sin-yawr-ey, -yohr-ey; Italian see-nyaw-re] noun, plural si·gno·ri [sin-yawr-ee, -yohr-ee; Italian see-nyaw-ree] /sɪnˈyɔr i, -ˈyoʊr i; Italian siˈnyɔ ri/.
- a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
Origin of signore 1 1585–95; Italian Latin senior; see senior signore 2[sin-yawr-ey, -yohr-ey; Italian see-nyaw-re] noun
- a plural of signora.
Related Words for signori sir, man, Esquire, monsieur, signor Examples from the Web for signori Historical Examples of signori
So we sat down to supper, and pretended to be signori just for that one evening.
Lippincott’s Magazine, September, 1885
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The Signori Inglesi would require their midday meal presently.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad
But the Signori Nobili must have everything after their own new fashions.
Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
They have a notion that it is the function in life of the Signori to amuse themselves.
John Addington Symonds
O Signori, impossibile; that I should be guilty of such an act!
W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for signori signor signior noun plural -gnors or -gnori (Italian -ˈɲori)
- an Italian man: usually used before a name as a title equivalent to Mr
signore noun plural -ri (-rɪ, Italian -ri)
- an Italian man: a title of respect equivalent to sir
Word Origin for signore Italian, ultimately from Latin senior an elder, from senex an old man Word Origin and History for signori signor n.
an Italian lord or gentleman, 1570s, from Italian signore, from Latin seniorem, accusative of senior (see senior (adj.)). Feminine form signora is from 1630s; diminutive signorina is first recorded 1820.