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Definition of Senhor
1. Noun. A Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English 'Mr'.
Definition of Senhor
1. n. A Portuguese title of courtesy corresponding to the Spanish señor or the English Mr. or sir; also, a gentleman.
Definition of Senhor
1. a Portuguese or Brazilian gentleman [n -S or -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Senhor
Literary usage of Senhor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1921)
"In January there was a reconstruction of senhor D. Pereira's Government, and
senhor M. Barreto became Foreign Minister, in place of senhor Z. Silva. ..."
2. Admiral Phillip: The Founding of New South Wales by Louis Becke, Walter Jeffery (1899)
"Illm° e Exm° senhor MARTINHO DI MILLO i CASTRO. No. 6 (Translation').
YOUR EXCELLENCY,—With the greatest gratitude I received the proofs of your ..."
3. Pioneering in South Brazil: Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the by Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (1878)
"ALL this time we have been entirely forgetting senhor Francisco and the hotel
... senhor " Chico " was determined that such unreasonable demands on our part ..."
4. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1868)
"KIND RECEPTION BY senhor FRANKLIN I'E LIMA. ... HOSPITALITY OF senhor DA COSTA.
— PICTURESQUE VIEWS. ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"The ei- lows : senhor Fontes Pereira do Mello, Premier penditures for the ...
vice senhor Ribeiro da receipts, although a duty of from 10 to SO per ..."