monsenhor
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian monsignore.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mon‧se‧nhor
Noun
[edit]monsenhor m (plural monsenhores)
- (Roman Catholicism) Monsignor (ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope)
- (ornithology) (Granatina granatina) African bird, of the Strildidae family, endemic to tropical and subtropical regions. It grows to about 14 centimetres in length and has a reddish beak, long tail and rufous plumage, with violet cheeks and blue feathers in the uropygial area