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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

Lupita went to the side of the door of the boxcar and called, “Señor, señor, por favor?”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

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

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

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

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

The señores wear a suit of black, except a vest of white, and pearl-colored gloves.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

The señores," said the old man gravely, "will hear that Ixtla speaks no lies.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

"Ah, señores, muchos grac——" "Drive, you scoundrel; don't talk."

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

"Not that, señors; but we have been heard, and the ones at the camp are hiding and watching."

From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish

Do not think of attempting to cross the desert alone, young señors.

From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish

"Come on, then, señors," laughed the Englishman gallantly, saluting with his sword, "and see how bravely we English can die when the game is played and we have lost."

From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford

"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

Is all this true, señors, or have I misstated any part of the story, so far?”

From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by John Williamson




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