Etymology

Monsieur de Paris

Today it means: The public executioner in Paris, France. Full definition →

French monsieur
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frommonsieur
  2. English todayMonsieur de Paris

From French monsieur.

Words from the same roots

Frenchmonsieur all →

monsieur

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.