A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [Obs.] Pain and distress, sickness and ire, And melancholy that angry sire, Be of her palace senators. Rom. of R.
A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
A father; the head of a family; the husband. Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. Chaucer. And raise his issue, like a loving sire. Shak.
A creator; a maker; an author; an originator. [He] was the sire of an immortal strain. Shelley.
The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
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