monsieur

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A man, especially a French gentleman.

   Pass round the decanters; glad to see ye; fill up, monsieurs!

2. 2
   noun

   Mister, especially in a French context.

   It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, that Messieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...].

From French monsieur. Doublet of monseigneur and monsignor.

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