Sire

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Origin

Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex

Full definition of sire

Noun

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. (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
• ShakespeareAnd raise his issue, like a loving sire.
4. (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
• ShelleyHe was the sire of an immortal strain.

Verb

1. (transitive) Of a male: to procreate; to father, beget.
• 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

Anagrams

• Eris, ires, reis, rise, Seri, SIer