Sir
Definition of Sir
n.
1.
A
man
of
social
authority
and
dignity
; a
lord
; a
master
; a
gentleman
; - in this
sense
usually
spelled
sire
.
He was
crowned
lord
and
sire
.
- Gower.
In the
election
of a
sir
so
rare
.
- Shak.
2.
A
title
prefixed
to the
Christian
name
of a
knight
or a
baronet
.
Sir
Horace
Vere
, his
brother
, was the
principal
in the
active
part.
- Bacon.
3.
An
English
rendering
of the
LAtin
Dominus
, the
academical
title
of a
bachelor
of
arts
; -
formerly
colloquially
, and
sometimes
contemptuously
,
applied
to the
clergy
.
Instead
of a
faithful
and
painful
teacher
, they
hire
a
Sir
John
, which
hath
better
skill
in
playing
at
tables
, or in
keeping
of a
garden
, than in
God
's
word
.
- Latimer.
4.
A
respectful
title
, used in
addressing
a
man
,
without
being
prefixed
to his
name
; - used
especially
in
speaking
to
elders
or
superiors
;
sometimes
, also, used in the way of
emphatic
formality
.
Sir reverance
See under
Reverence
, n.
Related Words
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,
GB
,
Great
Britain
,
male
aristocrat
,
UK
,
United
Kingdom
,
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
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