||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. in the
plural.]
2. The oldest brother of the king of
France.
3. A Frenchman. [Contemptuous]
Shak.