siring

Variant of sire

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”
  1. Old Poet. a father or forefather
  2. 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
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