Monsieur de Paris
Preserved but no longer current.
The public executioner or Jack Ketch of France. Riccardo de Albertes was a personal friend of all the "Messieurs de Paris," who served the Republic. He attended all capital executions. — Newspaper Para- graph, January 25th, 1893.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Monsieur de Paris” mean?
The public executioner or Jack Ketch of France. Riccardo de Albertes was a personal friend of all the "Messieurs de Paris," who served the Republic. He attended all capital executions. — Newspaper Para- graph, January 25th, 1893.
Is “Monsieur de Paris” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.