MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, a...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 739
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, See also:lord)
, the See also:general See also:title of address in See also:France used vocatively in speaking formally to any male See also:person, like the See also:English " See also:sir " or prefixed to the name like the English " Mr." It is, however, in France also prefixed to nobiliary, See also:official, and other titles, e.g
.
See also:Monsieur le See also:president, Monsieur le duc d'E., &c
.
It is abbreviated M., not See also:Mons
.
As a specific title " Monsieur " (tout See also:court) was used from the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. of the eldest See also:brother of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, as " Monseigneur " was of the dauphin; as a general title of address it was given to the princely members of a royal See also:house
.
End of Article: MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, lord)
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