Definition of Senhor

1. Noun. A Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English 'Mr'.

Generic synonyms: Adult Male, Man

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

Senecio glabellus
Senecio jacobaea
Senecio milkanioides
Senecio triangularis
Senecio vulgaris
Senefelder
Senegal
Senegalese
Senegalese franc
Senegambia
Senegambian
Seneka snakeroot
Senga
Sengas
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube
Senhor
Senior-Loken syndrome
Senior Circuit
Senkaku Islands
Senna alata
Senna alexandrina
Senna auriculata
Senna marilandica
Senna obtusifolia
Senna occidentalis
Sennacherib
Sennetsu fever
Sennett
Senning operation
Senones

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 ..."

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