seignior

Sincere in art, he could play the grand seignior, the actor, the priest, and diplomat at will.

Ah, my girl, my girl, what sad fools we mortals be, as Shakespeare, whom also these grave and reverend seigniors condemn, hath said!

He would have liked to have played the grand seignior, if only thereby to get rid of some of his money, but the rôle did not suit him at all.

He was the last lord seignior to live within the seigniory, which passed from him to his son-in-law John de Mowbray.

But, in standing up for steamboats, I must not fail in doing justice to the grand seignior.