Sire
[saɪə] or ['saɪɚ]
Definition
(noun.) male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse.
(noun.) a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.
(n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
(n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
(n.) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
(n.) The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
(v. t.) To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Inputed by Effie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. [Poetical.] Father.[2]. Male parent (of a beast).
Editor: Warren
Definition
n. one in the place of a father as a sovereign: an elder a progenitor: the male parent of a beast esp. of a horse: (pl.) ancestors (poetry).—v.t. to beget used of animals.
Checker: Luther
Examples
- With wonderful presence of mind, Don Pedro, the cruel sire, rushed in, dragged out his daughter, with a hasty aside. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The two sons grew up as parsimonious as their sire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ay, but, said Waldemar, your sire Henry sate more firm in his seat than your Grace can. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At his side was the hunting knife of his unknown sire, and across his shoulders the coils of his own long rope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I wish you'd remember other things as well, sir, the sire answered. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She often bent her head to listen to the boy's remarksand would then smilingly repeat them to his sire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She gazed tenderly on her furrowed sire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The fighting blood of my Virginian sires coursed hot through my veins. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were acting in the interest of the public, and did not wish to preserve useless lives, or raise up a puny offspring to wretched sires. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Robinson