seigneur

noun4

1. •
   A feudal lord or noble.

   • "Then you're not - " "Darling," I said, "do you really see me in the position of a seigneur, driving my serfs and villeins before me with a whip - even if the triffids haven't overrun me first?" — 1951
2. •
   The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark.

   • Beaumont lives on Sark, a small, autonomous island twenty-five miles off the coast of Normandy, with her husband, Michael, the island's seigneur. — 2012
3. •
   (Canada) A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie.
4. •
   A hereditary title in the Bailiwick of Jersey.