Etymology

signor

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Italian signor
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromsignor
  2. English todaysignor

Borrowed from Italian signor, apocopic form of signore. Doublet of senior and señor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.