Sir

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Used as an honorific before the given name or the full name of baronets and knights.
  • n. Used as a form of polite address for a man: Don't forget your hat, sir.
  • n. Used as a salutation in a letter: Dear Sir or Madam.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A man of a higher rank or position.
  • n. An address to a military superior of either sex.
  • n. An address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown.
  • v. to address somebody using sir
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
  • n. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
  • n. An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
  • n. A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A master; lord; sovereign.
  • n. A person of rank or importance; a personage; a gentleman.
  • n. Master; mister: a respectful and formal title of address, used formerly to men of superior rank, position, or age, and now to men of equal rank, or without regard to rank, as a mere term of address, without etymological significance.
  • n. Specifically— A title of honor prefixed to the Christian names of knights and baronets, and formerly applied also to those of higher rank, as the king; it was also prefixed occasionally to the title of rank itself: as, Sir King; Sir Knight; Sir Herald.
  • n. (b ) Formerly, a title of a bachelor of arts; hence, a title given to a clergyman; also, a clergyman.
  • To address as “sir.”
  • To use the word sir.
  • n. A Persian measure of weight, equal to 16 miskals or ounces troy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. term of address for a man
  • n. a title used before the name of knight or baronet
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adult male    man    male aristocrat   
    Cross Reference
    sir roger de coverley    sir john barleycorn    sir garnet    sir john    dame    madam    mister    lord    mam    ma'am   
    Form
    sirree    sirrah    siree   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lord    master    gentleman    mastery   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Burr    Fleur    Fur    Kerr    Monsieur    Shir    Spur    Thur    Ur    birr   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    one    none    c    ma'am    course    doubt    Madam    gentleman    nothing    example