An Italian word, actually meaning 'sailor design', referencing the coarse nature of seamen and their particular thought of propensity for rectum. by Bridgett Report definition; just what operates through the veins of all Italians. by Wynell Saltz Report definition
Noun. 1. signified-the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; the dictionary gave several senses for the word; in the best sense charity is really a duty; the signifier is linked to the signified. sense.
Saussure inverts the usual reflectionist view that the signifier reflects the signified: the signifier creates the signified in terms of the meaning it triggers for us. The meaning of a sign needs both the signifier and the signified as created by an interpreter. A signifier without a signified is noise.