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The definition of a sire is a term for figure of authority, or a father of a four-legged animal.

(noun)

An example of a sire is a king.

To sire is to impregnate a female animal.

(verb)

An example of sire is for a blue-ribbon horse to be the father of a baby horse.

See sire in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. Archaic a person of authority; man of high rank
2. a title of respect used in addressing a king, equivalent to “your majesty”
Old Poet. a father or forefather
the male parent of an animal, esp. of a four-legged mammal

Origin: ME < OFr, a master < L senior: see senior

transitive verb sired, siring

to beget: said esp. of animals

See sire in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A father.
The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
Archaic A male ancestor; a forefather.
Archaic A gentleman of rank.
Archaic Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.

transitive verb sired sired, sir·ing, sires

To father; beget.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *seior

Origin: , from Latin senior, older

Origin: , comparative of senex, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots

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