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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 of See also:Louis XIV. of the eldest See also:brother of the See also: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 .

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