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||Mon`sei`gneur" (?), n.; pl.
Messeigneurs (#). [F., fr. mon my +
seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and
cf. Monsieur.] My lord; -- a title in France of a person
of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or
Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to
the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

Mon"sel's salt` (?). (Med.) A basic sulphate
of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.

Mon"sel's so*lu"tion (?). [See Monsel's salt.]
(Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having
valuable styptic properties.

||Mon*sieur" (?), n.; pl.
Messieurs (#). [F., fr. mon my +
Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See
Monseigneur.] 1. The common title of
civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir.
[Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by
MM. or Messrs.


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