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Monsieur (/ m ə ˈ s j ɜːr / mə-SYUR; French: ⓘ; pl. Messieurs / ˈ m ɛ s ər z, m eɪ ˈ s j ɜːr (z)/ MESS-ərz, may-SYUR(Z); French: ⓘ; 1512, from Middle French mon sieur, literally "my lord" [1]) is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court.
French honorifics are based on the wide use of Madame for women and Monsieur for men. Social. Monsieur" (M.) for a man, The plural is Messieurs (MM. for short).
Pages in category "French masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 344 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The king's next younger brother, also a fils de France, was known simply as Monsieur, and his wife as Madame. [ 5 ] Daughters were referred to by their given name prefaced with the honorific Madame , while sons were referred to by their main peerage title (usually ducal ), with the exception of the dauphin.
In the early days of independence, Bung, meaning "brother", was commonly used as an egalitarian form of address for people of any status. The word kawan (friend) is now also widely used among leftists. [31] In Irish the word for comrade is comrádaí, with a chara (friend) used as a term of address.
In English, the word friar is derived from the Old French word frere (Modern French frère; "brother" in English), as French was still widely used in official circles in England during the 13th century when the four great orders of Friars started. The French word frère in turn comes from the Latin word frater (which also means "brother"). [4]