grand seignior

English

Noun

grand seignior (plural grand seigniors)

1. (historical) The sultan of Turkey.
   • 1718, Daniel Defoe, A Continuation of Letters Written by a Turkish Spy at Paris‎^[1], London: W. Taylor, Letter 10, p. 222:

     The Fortifications of the Town and Port of Dunkirk I send thee as a thing by it self, because I am inform’d the Grand Seignior has commanded thee to make a Port and Harbour at Candia, which he designs to make the strongest City, and the safest Harbour in the World.