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Webster 1913 Edition


Sire

Sire

,
Noun.
[F.
sire
, originally, an older person. See
Sir
.]
1.
A lord, master, or other person in authority. See
Sir
.
[Obs.]
Pain and distress, sickness and ire,
And melancholy that angry
sire
,
Be of her palace senators.
Rom. of R.
2.
A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
3.
A father; the head of a family; the husband.
Jankin thet was our
sire
[i.e., husband].
Chaucer.
And raise his issue, like a loving
sire
.
Shakespeare
4.
A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
[He] was the
sire
of an immortal strain.
Shelley.
5.
The male parent of a beast; – applied especially to horses;
as, the horse had a good
sire
.
Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.

Sire

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sired
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Siring
.]
To beget; to procreate; – used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sire

SIRE

,
Noun.
[supra.]
1.
A father; used in poetry. And raise his issue like a loving sire.
2.
The male parent of a beast; particularly used of horses; as, the horse had a good sire, but a bad dam.
3.
It is used in composition; as in grandsire, for grandfather; great grandsire, great grandfather.

SIRE

,
Verb.
T.
To beget; to procreate; used of beasts.

Definition 2024


Sire

Sire

See also: sire, şire, and šíře

Northern Sami

Proper noun

Sire

  1. A female given name.

Related terms

  • Sikká

sire

sire

See also: Sire, şire, and šíře

English

Noun

sire (plural sires)

  1. 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.
  2. A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
  3. (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
    • Shakespeare
      And raise his issue, like a loving sire.
  4. (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
    • Shelley
      [He] was the sire of an immortal strain.

Translations

Verb

sire (third-person singular simple present sires, present participle siring, simple past and past participle sired)

  1. (transitive, of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate, especially unintentionally.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:
      In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

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French

Etymology

From Old French sire (nominative form), from Vulgar Latin *seior (used as a term of address), a contracted form of Latin senior (compare French seigneur, derived from the accusative form), perhaps influenced by maior. Doublet of senior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siʁ/

Noun

sire m (plural sires)

  1. (obsolete) sire (term of respect)
  2. (obsolete) lord

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French sire. See also sere. Doublet of signore.

Noun

sire m (invariable)

  1. king, monarch
    only when addressing a sovereign

Synonyms


Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.rə/

Noun

sire m

  1. nominative singular of sieur