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signor

[seen-yawr, -yohr, sin-yawr, -yohr, see-nyawr] / ˈsin jɔr, -joʊr, sɪnˈjɔr, -ˈjoʊr, siˈnjɔr /
NOUN
mister
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Jobs with Justice, is a signor of the IRS complaint.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2015

Strange to think that those two movie brats – mister shark attack and signor blood-and-pasta – have now turned into Hollywood's leading purveyors of quality historical drama.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2013

All 109 of them. peaboss, tobe82, notmuch, edinamikie, LarsHEriksen, donandgeorge, stevenjwillis, signor, Vesuvial, adamgilbey, asbb.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2011

You shall know hereafter, signor," he said; "I must now begone.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth

That signor had left off staring, and gaping bewildered: and now sat coiled up snakelike, on a bench, his mouth muffled, and two bright eyes fixed on the lady, and twinkling and scintillating most comically.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

Giuseppe Prezzolini noted, “The fact that they had to lead such difficult lives, made of the signori keen observers of men.”

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2011

And see,—O, see, Clive,—that must be the—" "Datemi un carlino, signori, per l'amor di Dio.

From Among the Brigands by James De Mille

That is his message, signori, to one in this house.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds

They rose up with "Buon giorno, signori," as we entered, and could hardly be persuaded to lapse back to the duties of life during our stay.

From Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells

"You must not forget that these good signori who have preserved us are also English."

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Who are the Priori in these months, eating soberly—regulated official dinners in the Palazzo Vecchio, with removes of tripe and boiled partridges, seasoned by practical jokes against the ill-fated butt among those potent signors?

From Romola by George Eliot

My Lord," answered Rienzi, gravely, "it is the misfortune of signors of your rank never to know the people, or the accurate signs of the time.

From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

We have a prospect of fine weather; come, signors, let us down to breakfast, and after breakfast, we enjoy our cigarros upon the deck.”

From The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat

Contarino.—Illustrious signors, you are witnesses of the wager.

From The Bravo of Venice; a romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Some lords and signors were there without their dames.

From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield


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