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sire

/saɪə(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

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

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

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

verb

Meaning

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