sire
A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly…A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
» Sire, I had no need of that hypothesis.
Meaning
5 sensesA lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
Herr
госуда́рьgosudárʹ
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and in biological research).
Männchen, Rüde, Hengst
производи́тельproizvodítelʹ
male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
The vampire who turned another person.
(obsolete)A father; the head of a family; the husband.
the founder of a family
(obsolete)A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
Examples
9 sentencesSire, I had no need of that hypothesis.
"Doth the name / of sire or uncle make his young heart glow / for deeds of valour and ancestral fame?"
Nor lacks my sire his presents; for the rest / steeds, guides and arms he finds, and oarsmen of the best.
Greetings, sire. The desert awaits you.
He, fondly clinging to his fancied sire, / gave all the love that parents' hearts desire, / then seeks the queen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from LFrom Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.
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