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sei·gneur
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bayard
a legendary horse that figures prominently in medieval romance -
droit du seigneur
the supposed right claimable by a feudal lord to have sexual relations with the bride of a vassal on her first night of marriage. -
jus primae noctis
droit du seigneur. -
montaigne
Michel Eyquem [mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/ (Show IPA), Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist. -
mornay
Also called Duplessis-Mornay. Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Seigneur du Plessis-Marly [se-nyœr dy ple-see-mar-lee] /sɛˈnyœr dü plɛ si marˈli/ (Show IPA), ("Pope of the Huguenots") 1549–1623, French statesman and Protestant leader. -
seignior
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.