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sire

The correct spelling is sire.

How to pronounce sire

/saɪə(ɹ)/
noun

IPA: /saɪə(ɹ)/

Say it like: Sir-e

The correct spelling is sire. 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.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 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. 2.A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
  3. 3.A father; the head of a family; the husband.
  4. 4.A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

verb

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

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