Monsieur

Philippe, Due dʹOrléans, brother to Louis XIV., was called Monsieur; 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.

Monsieur le Prince. Prince de Condé (1621–1686). (See Madame.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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