FromFrenchMonsieur.
Monsieur (pluralMonsieursorMessieurs)
- Mister,especially in a French context.
1880, Horace Wemyss Smith,Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D.: First Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. First President of Washington College, Maryland. With Copious Extracts from His Writings, page140:It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, thatMessieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...]
2011, Rick Johnson,That's My Teenage Son: How Moms Can Influence Their Boys to Become Good Men, Revell,→ISBN, page204:As theMonsieurs suddenly showed up and confronted the situation with wicked grins on their faces, the gang members decided to sullenly disperse and slink away. It was like a scene from an old West showdown.
2014, Tasha Alexander,The Counterfeit Heiress: A Lady Emily Mystery, Minotaur Books,→ISBN, page244:Estella smiled when she considered how very different her circumstances were now to those when, not so long ago, she had fearedMonsieur Jones, and thought of him only as her captor. Now, he was something else: her liberator, ...
Capitalization ofmonsieur
Monsieur m (pluralMessieurs)
- Alternativeletter-case form ofmonsieur Used to show respect
- (historical)Specifically, the brother of the French king
1844,Alexandre Dumas,Les Trois Mousquetaires, section II:Comment ! le cardinal fait […] couper le cou à Chalais, sous le stupide prétexte qu’il a voulu tuer le roi et marierMonsieur avec la reine !- What! The cardinal is having Chalais's head cut off, on the ridiculous pretext that he wanted to kill the king and marry Monsieur to the queen!
1874,Barbey d'Aurevilly, “Le Bonheur dans le crime”, inLes Diaboliques:Plus de trente jeunes gens de ses meillures familles servaient alors, soit aux Gardes-du-Corps, soit à ceux deMonsieur […].- More than thirty people from the town's best families served either in the king's bodyguard, or in that of Monsieur.
FromFrenchmonsieur.
Monsieur m (pluralMonsieuren)
- gentleman, a man ofsocial standing
- Synonym:Här
- Female equivalent:Damm,Madamm
- (address)sir,mister
- Synonym:Här
- Female equivalent:Fra,Madamm
