Dictionary Definition
sire
Noun
1 a title of address formerly used for a man of
rank and authority
2 the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our
forefathers" [syn: forefather, father]
3 male parent of an animal especially a domestic
animal such as a horse v : make children; "Abraham begot Isaac";
"Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, generate, bring
forth]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
, from senior#Latin, from senexPronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
Noun
Translations
lord, master, or person in authority
- Finnish: herra
male animal
- Finnish: koiras, uros
Translations
to procreate
- Finnish: siittää, astua
Extensive Definition
Sire is a
form of address for reigning Kings in the United
Kingdom and in Belgium. It was
formerly also used in England,
France,
Italy,
Germany and
Spain.
Historically Sire had a wider usage. During the middle ages
Sire was generally used to address a superior, a person importance
or in a position of authority or the nobility in general.
sire in German: Sire
sire in French: Sire
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Esquire, Master, Mister, Sir, abba, agent, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, bear, beget, begetter, beginner, birth, breed, breed true, bring about,
bring forth, bring to birth, bring to effect, bring to pass,
builder, catalyst, cause, causer, conceive, conceiver, constructor, copulate, craftsman, create, creator, crossbreed, dad, daddy, dean, designer, deviser, discoverer, do, doyen, doyenne, effect, effector, effectuate, effendi, elder, eldest, emir, engender, engenderer, engineer, establish, executor, executrix, father, first-born, firstling, foster father,
found, founder, generate, generator, genitor, gestate, get, give birth to, give occasion
to, give origin to, give rise to, governor, grower, hatch, inaugurate, inaugurator, inbreed, industrialist, initiator, inspirer, instigator, institute, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, khan, make, make love, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman,
mirza, mother, mover, multiply, occasion, older, oldest, organizer, originate, originator, outbreed, pa, pap, papa, pappy, parent, past master, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, planner, pop, pops, precursor, prime mover, primum
mobile, procreate,
produce, producer, progenerate, proliferate, propagate, raiser, realize, realizer, reproduce in kind,
sahib, senior, set afloat, set on foot,
set up, shaper, sirdar, sirrah, smith, spawn, stepfather, the old man,
work, wright