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señor

[sayn-yawr, -yohr, seen-, se-nyawr] / seɪnˈjɔr, -ˈjoʊr, sin-, sɛˈnjɔr /
NOUN
mister
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“Although we did not know el señor Luis, his death being in our backyard, it’s so close to us,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026

“I am sorry, señor, Did you not ask me for ‘Pure toquilla, right up to the brim’?”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022

From the club that gave you Goodbye Mr Clough ... adiós señor Bielsa.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2022

That, however, was not what the great señor was after.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 25, 2019

At the training camp they said the words señora, señorita, and señor separate people by age and status.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

“Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the Co-Co’s!”

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

Ah, señores, you can not know how we suffered!

From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

I trust, however, he knows my name; for here I shall only sign myself, señores, your infinite superior, "L'Aveugle."

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

My duty to you señores lies only in handling the crew.

From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel

But I deed not know you were going to Santa Fe, señores.

From Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford

There being no other choice, the señors would, and, returning to their last night’s perch on the balustrade, they watched the patio disgorge its dark life upon the street.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker

You will have to stay here till morning, señors, for it is many miles along the rim to the other trail.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker

Until moonrise, señors from the great house, and you others who go with them!

From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston

"Excuse-a me, señors," said a soft, musical voice, and a young man with a Spanish face and pink cheeks was bowing before them.

From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish

And while they stood shivering before them he gave them their orders—first to recover the baggage, then to convey the señors in safety to their mine.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Herman Whitaker


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