Sire meaning
A gentleman of rank.
noun
Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.
noun
A biological father.
noun
The definition of a sire is a term for figure of authority, or a father of a four-legged animal.
An example of a sire is a king.
noun
To sire is to impregnate a female animal.
An example of sire is for a blue-ribbon horse to be the father of a baby horse.
verb
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A male ancestor; a forefather.
noun
To be the biological father of (a child).
verb
To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction.
The boar that sired the litter; pollen grains siring seeds.
verb
A father or forefather.
noun
The male parent of an animal, esp. of a four-legged mammal.
noun
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To beget.
verb
A biological father.
noun
To be the biological father of a child.
verb
To be the male individual or gamete producing an animal's offspring or a plant's seed through sexual reproduction.
The boar that sired the litter; pollen grains siring seeds.
verb
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.
noun
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Origin of sire
- Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin seior from Latin senior older comparative of senex old sen- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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