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What (who) is Messieurs - definition
STYLE
Monsieur (style); M.; Mssrs.; Mssrs; Messieurs
Wikipedia
Monsieur
Monsieur ( mə-SYUR; French: [məsjø] (listen); pl. Messieurs MESS-ərz, may-SYUR(Z); French: [mesjø] (listen); 1512, from Middle French mon sieur, literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respect and term of address for a French-speaking man, corresponding to such English titles as Mr. or sir.
Examples of use of Messieurs
1. Radio and newspapers hauled out a famous quotation÷ Messieurs les anglais, tirez le premiers!
2. "Messieurs Baigent and Leigh are only two of a number of authors who have written about the bloodline story and yet I went out of my way to mention them for being the ones who brought the theory to mainstream attention." In the novel, one of Brown‘s main characters is Leigh Teabing –– whose name is an anagram of "Leigh" and "Baigent" –– and he refers directly to The Holy Blood in the narrative.
3. Perhaps unsurprisingly, elements of the French press preferred to refer to another battle, the Gallic victory at Fontenoy in 1745, a spat won despite the French commander famously calling out to his opponents÷ "Messieurs les anglais, tirez le premiers," or "My dear chaps, please do shoot first." Unlike Waterloo, however, which started at 11.30am with Napoleon‘s first diversionary attack and was all over bar the shouting by 7pm – when France‘s Imperial Guard was forced into retreat for the first time in its history – the battle of Brussels is likely to continue for some time yet.