Definition of Signore

1. Noun. An Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English 'sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name).

Generic synonyms: Adult Male, Man

Definition of Signore

1. signor [n -GNORI] - See also: signor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signore

signiorized
signiorizes
signiorizing
signiors
signiorship
signiorships
signiory
signless
signmaker
signmakers
signoff
signoffs
signor
signora
signoras
signore (current term)
signores
signori
signoria
signorias
signories
signorina
signorinas
signorine
signors
signory
signout
signouts
signpost
signposted

Literary usage of Signore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1796)
"... di che me scrivete, in mezzo delle quali spesso si trova il signore, ... mi al signore, & io aspetto la risposta vostra ad questa con sommo desiderio 2 ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"signore Capra was polite, tendered me every ... he made known my arrival to signore Fontana, a practical ... to view the farm, by appointment of signore ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1815)
"2 torn. 12mo. pp. 440. Paris. Mathiot. 1814. 9. Lettera di un Italiano al signore di Chateaubriand, autore dell' Opera ..."

4. Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China by Henry Yule, Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Ibn Batuta, Bento de Góis (1866)
"Lo signore Oran Cane dimora nel tempo della istate in una terra che si chiama ... Quando il signore cavalca da una terra a un'altra, cavalca in questo modo. ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... signore." Close by the Loggia is a narrow passageway, extending from the Palazzo Vecchio to the river Arno, between the parallel arms of the Uffizi ..."

6. Music (1895)
"Si signore.” Up four long flights we went to a back room about twenty by ... “But signore, a moment. How long did the signore say he was going to stay? ..."

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