monsieur.

He ushered her into a little sitting-room, and said, "If madame will take a seat, I will call monsieur."

Baron Trigault's Vengeance ��mile Gaboriau 1852

"Then, count, I admire you," said Villefort, who, for the first time in this strange conversation, used the aristocratic form to the unknown personage, whom, until now, he had only called monsieur.

The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

Whenever we were alone together he commanded me to forget that we were other than two friends who were enjoying an opportunity for a chat with each other, and as at such times we invariably conversed in French, he always insisted that I should address him by the simple term "monsieur."

Princess Zara Ross Beeckman

The words are in the mouth of a widower who, approaching his wife's tomb, perceives there another "monsieur."

Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884

The words are in the mouth of a widower who, approaching his wife's tomb, perceives there another "monsieur."

The Spirit of Place and Other Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884

The strange uncouth expression of citoyen is generally laid aside, except amongst the immediate officers under government, in their official communications, who, however, renounce it in private, for the more civilized title of "monsieur."

The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. John Carr 1802