What is "seigneurs"

Usage examples of "seigneurs".

There were the greatest of seigneurs, the amplest of dowagers, jogging and jiggling in their gorgeous silks, stays creaking and high heels clattering, faces red and moist beneath white-powdered wigs a ludicrous sight that somehow failed to amuse.

The most refractory of seigneurs were fined and additionally penalised with interest charges.

Far better and safer to send the seigneurs, their women and their smarmy lackeys packing.