senhor

Portuguese senhor. Doublet of senior, seigneur, signore, sir, and sire.

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈnjɔː(ɹ)/

senhor (plural senhors or senhores)

1. A Portuguese gentleman.
2. Obsolete spelling of señor
   • 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 176:

     “Senhor,” said the Spaniard, “spare me; if your life was no dearer to you than mine, it would not be worth thanks.”

• Honers, herons, honers, hornes, horsen, nosher, rhones

senhor m or f (plural senhores)

1. Alternative form of sennor
   • 13th century, João de Lobeira, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     
     Das que vejo
     nom desejo
     outra senhor se vós nom;
     e desejo
     tam sobejo
     mataria um leon,
     senhor do meu coraçom!
     Leonoreta,
     fin roseta,
     bela sobre toda fror,
     fin roseta,
     nom me meta
     em tal coita voss'amor!

     Out of the ones I see
     I do not wish
     another lady if not thee;
     and a such wish
     so abundant
     would kill a lion,
     lady of my heart!
     Leonoreta,
     fine little rose,
     more beautiful than every flower,
     fine little rose,
     do not lead me
     to such sorrow thy love!

• segnor

From Latin senior, seniōrem.

senhor m (oblique plural senhors, nominative singular senher, nominative plural senhor)

1. lord (a nobleman in medieval society)

• Occitan: sénher, senhor, signour

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “senior”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 448

• Sr. (abbreviation)
• senhôr (obsolete)
• sinhô (Caipira eye-dialect)

From Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin seniōrem, comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of sénior.

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: se‧nhor

senhor m (plural senhores, feminine senhora, feminine plural senhoras)

1. mister (title conferred to an adult male)

   Dei o livro ao senhor João.

   I gave the book to mister John.

2. sir (address to any male)

   Não irei, senhor.

   I won’t go, sir.

3. (military) sir (address to a military superior)

   Sim, senhor!

   Yes sir!

4. an old man

   O cinema estava cheio de senhores.

   The film theatre was full of old men.

   Synonyms: idoso, velho

5. an unspecified male

   Um senhor está a sua procura.

   Some guy is looking for you.

   Synonyms: (slang, Brazil) cara, (slang, Portugal) gajo

6. (historical) feudal lord

   O senhor ordenou a construção de uma fossa.

   The lord ordered the construction of a moat.

7. master (owner of a slave)

   Escravos devem obedecer seus senhores.

   Slaves must obey their masters.

   Synonyms: amo, dono

8. (honorific) Sir (title given to a knight)

   Synonym: sir

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