sire
/saɪə(ɹ)/IPA: /S AY1 ER0/
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
A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- 4
A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
verb
- 1
(of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate.
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