Brewer's: Monsieur

Philippe, Due d'Orléans, brother to Louis XIV., was called Monsicur; other gentlemen were only Monsieur This or That. (1674-1723.)

Monsieur le Coadjuteur.
Paul de Gondi, afterwards Cardinal de Retz (Ress). (1614-1679.) Monsieur le Duc. Henri-Jules de Bourbon, eldest son of the Prince de Condé (1692-1740.) Monsieur le Grand. The Great Equerry of France.

Monsicur le Prince.
Prince de Condé(1621-1686). (See Madame.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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