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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

Would you had seen her, signor, as I beheld her then, or as one other beheld her! you would acknowledge that you had never met with her equal in beauty.

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

You will need it, signor," he said; "you have much to do to-night.

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

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

So we sat down to supper, and pretended to be signori just for that one evening.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various

Owing to the dilatoriness of the signori they had been later in starting than was prudent.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell

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

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

"What's the trouble, signori?" asked Ludlow, in the same easy tone, of those who were nearest.

From Among the Brigands by James De Mille

"A health to the ladies!" cried one of the signors.

From O. T. a Danish Romance by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

And as with trembling hands he twined the silk round his letters, he bade his pages invite to his board, next day, all the signors who had been implicated with him on the previous night.

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

They therefore divided the city into quarters, and for each created three signors.

From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Niccolò Machiavelli

"Shall we not learn the language of the signors from China?" asked Rea.

From The Hunter Cats of Connorloa by Helen Hunt Jackson

“If the signors will condescend to wear them till they can replace their own.”

From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat




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