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sire

/saɪə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.

noun sires

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. The Sultan (impatiently).—Confound this dadblasted collar-bolt! I wish it had— Izzet Aintit Wazzit Pasha (custodian of the imperial wardrobe).—Can I be of any assistance, Sire? The Sultan.—Well, you might get a can of oil and a monkey-wrench and help me off with this undershirt. It’s long past bedti
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and in biological research).
obsolete A father; the head of a family; the husband. He but a Duke, would haue his Sonne a King, / And raiſe his iſſue like a louing Sire.
obsolete A creator; a maker; an author; an originator. Most musical of mourners, weep again! / Lament anew, Urania!—He died, / Who was the sire of an immortal strain, […]
The vampire who turned another person. There is a toxin in a vampire’s fangs that will infect its victim when the sire drinks deeply and fully of their blood.

verb sires · siring · sired

transitive, of a male To father; to beget. In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.
transitive To turn (another person) into a vampire. “Do you think they were wannabes, then? Groupies who found a willing vamp to sire them?”
Similar: turn, vampirize

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: forefather, father, mother, generate, bring forth, get, beget, engender, nobleman, king, milord, squire, sir, master, lord, progenitor

Translations

Every language

noun lord, master, or person in authority

Español	amo, dueño, señor, seor, ser
한국어	폐하 pyeha
日本語	主 aruji, 陛下 heika
Deutsch	Herr
Italiano	sire
Română	domn
Русский	госуда́рь gosudárʹ

noun male animal

Español	semental apareado
日本語	雄オス osu
中文	父畜, 父兽
Deutsch	Männchen, Rüde, Hengst, Kater, Rammler
Italiano	stallone, riproduttore, maschio
Русский	производи́тель proizvodítelʹ

verb to father, beget

Français	saillir
Deutsch	zeugen
Русский	породить poroditʹ

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@misc{sire_2026,
  title = {sire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}