monsir

plural monsirs

1. Alternative letter-case form of Monsir (“monsieur”).

   Gomment vous abbelez-fous?

   1900 [1845], Alexandre Dumas, anonymous translator, “Of the Louvre in Particular, and of Virtue in General”, in Marguerite de Valois, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company […], →OCLC, page 46

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   Then in fashion servites and braue houskepers: and the now Sir Willyam Dalston; marries the heir of monsir Bolds; […] And himself monsir Georg Denton his wife the daughter of Mr Georg Grame of nunery vpon the Riuer Eden: […]

   c. 1675, Edmund Sandford, “Sandford’s MS.”, in [Richard Saul] Ferguson, editor, A Cursory Relation of All the Antiquities & Familyes in Cumberland. […] (Tract Series; 4), Kendal, Cumbria: […] T. Wilson, published 1890, pages 29–30

   Mais, monsir, fus ètes ein home rézonaple; ed, si fus le bermeddez, che fais fus egsbliguer l’avaire…

   1886 [1847], Honoré de Balzac, translated by [Katherine Prescott Wormeley], “Schmucke’s Martyrdom Continued; Showing How People Die in Paris”, in Cousin Pons, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers […], →OCLC, page 130

plural Monsirs · alternative monsir

1. obsoleteObsolete form of Monsieur.

   Soon after his marriage King Charles [I] brought his young French Queen to Hampton Court, and when quarrels arose between the members of her suite and the English courtiers, it was from here that he wrote to his favourite “Steenie” that he had decided to “cashier the Monsirs!”

   1910, Julia Cartwright (Mrs. Ady), “The Stuart Kings and Oliver Cromwell, 1603–1688”, in Hampton Court (The Treasure-House Series), London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., […], →OCLC, part I (The Past), page 85

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   But the. xxii. day of Iuli, the Cardinall departed oute of Calleis, & with hym was the lorde Cutberd Tūstal bishop of London, the Lorde Sandes, Chamberlayn to the kyng, the Earle of Darby, sir Henry Guildforde, sir Thomas More, with many knightes and squyres, to yͤ numbre of. xii.C. horse, & in the cariages. lxxx. wagons, & lx. moyles and sumpter horses & at Sandifelde, met with him the coūtie Brian gouernour of Picardie, & Monsir de Bees, […] The third day of August in the Citie of Amias, came the Frenche kyng in a cote of blacke Veluet vpon white Satin, and tied with laces agglated with golde, and with him, the kyng of Nauer, and the Cardinall of Burbon, the greate master, the Duke of Vandosme, Monsir de Guise, and Monsir Vaudemount his brother, and the Frenche kynges mother with many Lordes and Ladies, which wer there solemplie receiued.

   a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “[The Triumphant Reigne of Kyng Henry the VIII.] The. XIX. Yere.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC; republished as [Henry Ellis], editor, Hall’s Chronicle; […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], 1809, →OCLC, pages 729–730

   That vpon his mediation: builded and fownded Queens Colledg in oxford; and first endowed it with resonable mentenance; but with more Reverend and Rationall statutes and ordinances for pious life and conversation, to be admired as Long as they continued, but not observed at this day: but with house gone from the Eglisfeild, to a yonger sone of Senhouse of Seeskals hall great grandfather to Capt John Senhouse now owner therof: and Mary his wife sister of Monsir Andreu Huddleston […] And at the foot and sides of the more many faire gentile fabrickes: ffirst the Ancient sqʳ family of the Monsir Dikes of dikes Towne a little above workinton: […]

   c. 1675, Edmund Sandford, “Sandford’s MS.”, in [Richard Saul] Ferguson, editor, A Cursory Relation of All the Antiquities & Familyes in Cumberland. […] (Tract Series; 4), Kendal, Cumbria: […] T. Wilson, published 1890, →OCLC, pages 22–24

2. pronunciation spellingrarePronunciation spelling of Monsieur.

   ― Ui, monsieur Dapareau! On m’en a barlé… répondit Schmucke vaincu.

   1886 [1847], Honoré de Balzac, translated by [Katherine Prescott Wormeley], “Schmucke’s Martyrdom Continued; Showing How People Die in Paris”, in Cousin Pons, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers […], →OCLC, page 372

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   ― Ah! ah! c’être fous, sire de Maurefel. ― Oui, c’est moi; que cherchez-vous? ― Ji cherche l’auperge te la Pelle Édoile, bour brévenir un certain monsir Gogonnas.

   1900 [1845], Alexandre Dumas, anonymous translator, “The Night of the 24th of August, 1572”, in Marguerite de Valois, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company […], →OCLC, page 73

   A propos te belles, savre-fous que l’être après timain que notre prital te bourgeois épouse la fille de monsir Goternitz?

   2004 [1743], Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by Christopher Kelly, “The Prisoners of War”, in Letter to d’Alembert and Writings for the Theater (The Collected Writings of Rousseau; 10), Lebanon, N.H.: University Press of New England, →ISBN, scene I, page 39

plural Monsirs · alternative monsir

1. humorousrareMonsieur.

   monsir with this Rocher you are spoiling us

   1995 March 22, Peter Mulholland, “Ferrero Rocher Edited!”, in rec.arts.tv.uk (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jan 2026

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   [I]nnkeepers calling him [Voltaire] “Your Excellency,” or “M. le Comte;”—and puts up at the Golden Lion at Frankfurt, where rooms have been ordered; [Franz von] Freytag well aware, though he says nothing. Friday morning June 1st, “his Excellency and Suite” (Voltaire and [Cosimo Alessandro] Collini) have their horses harnessed, carriage out, and are about taking the road again,—when Freytag, escorted by a Dr. Rücker, ‘Frankfurt Magistrate de mauvaise mine,’ and a Prussian recruiting Lieutenant, presents himself in Voltaire’s apartment! Readers know Voltaire’s account and Monsir Collini’s; and may now hear Freytag's own, which is painted from fact: […]

   1864, Thomas Carlyle, “Of the Afterpiece, Which Proved Still More Tragical”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume IV, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XVI, page 447

   Oh contraireio [au contraire], monsir. Take a bottle full of H2 and O2 and ignite it. I just got done doing this about a dozen times. You get an obvious explosion, and the the ^([sic]) plastic bottle collapses.

   1999 June 2, OHANNON, “Energy from water...”, in sci.energy.hydrogen (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jan 2026

   May be, they acted on your (financially supported:) _strong_ advise^([sic]) then too, AM* BroThere?:) Although, this is not in any case an excuse for them, as for ACTING criminals, Monsir (my kibbutz philo_sofer #666:), to say the LEAST.

   2001 September 5, LeoNid ShmiDov, “russian^([sic]) pen pals wanted (female)”, in soc.culture.russian (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jan 2026