Definition of "signore" []

• Used as a form of polite address for a man in an Italian-speaking area. (noun)
• A plural of signora. (noun)

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• "The title signore, lord of Milan, established (1259); defeat and capture of the (Ghibelline) Visconti and their adherents."
• "Moreover, there are not wanting in these poems instances of the term signore, or lord, applied to the beloved lady; which is one of the many periphrastical expressions used by the Romance poets to indicate their mistress. ""
• "'The signore is English?' asked the youth in the black shirt."