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Meaning of sire

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sire

Pronunciation:/saɪə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.

  3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.

  4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

verb

Definitions

  1. (of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate.