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sir Definition

sir (sʉr)

noun

  1. a man of rank; lord
  2. a respectful term of address used to a man: not followed by the given name or surname and often used in the salutation of a letter Dear Sir
  3. the title used before the given name or full name of a knight or baronet Sir Walter Ralegh
  4. Archaic a term of address used with the title of a man's office, rank, or profession sir priest, sir judge, sir knight

Etymology: ME < sire: see sire

Sir Definition

Sir

Bible Sirach

Sir Synonyms

Sir

n.

  1. A formal title

    lord, knight, baron, priest, governor, master.

  2. A form of address; not always capital

    sire, Your Honor, Your Excellency, Your Majesty, Your Reverence, Your Grace, My Lord, my dear sir, Mister, Bud*, Chief*, Big Boy*, You*.

sir Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • revere: It said: ' Yes, revered sir, now I remember.
  • pray: I pray, sir, hear me: I am married.
  • know: Do you know sir, I put six dozen eggs in that cask.
  • please: I would like to hear more please sirs... .
  • come: Come good sir, will you shew me to this house.
  • think: I do not think so, sir, but I am very weak, as I lost a lot of blood.

Adjective modifier

  • sorry: MULDER: Uh... I'm sorry, sir.
  • cheeky: Posted 17-Aug-2006 Thu 20:12 ] View Near Messages most cheeky young sir a nice bit of rain works wonders sutty [ 206.
  • okay: Joe: Okay, sir, could you fix my door for £ 2,000,000?
  • correct: Ms B: That is correct, sir, yes.
  • sweet: Short and sweet, sir, that's the style. ' ' Right, right, ' said Spangler.
  • wrong: A. No, you're wrong, sir - I'm glad to say!

Modifies a noun

  • percy: But if sir percy wins a slow arc it will not prove much to me that i dont already know.
  • francis: Would be visiting the sir francis experience another ship.
  • george: These risks and plan where workers sir george stokes from zinc sulfide.
  • robert: Hours than you underground seemed a sir robert may fields and fierce.

Noun used with modifier

  • O: O sirs, your souls are of greater concern to you even than the lives of all the wives and children in the world.
  • kind: In the mean space this remains For kind sir John of Wrotham, honest Jack.
  • attack: Kryten: Well either we're under attack sir, or we're having a disco.
sir Quotes

I've often thought I should like to have a set of postcards printed: 'Dear Sir or Madam,Thank you for your communication.Go to hell.Yours sincerely.'

—Elliott, Sir Claude Aurelius

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