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Meanings of sire in English
Respectful form of address for reigning kings in Europe.
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Usage of sire in English
1
Find in the Glossary the meaning of: sire; knight; lady; glens; towers.
2
But at length Faramir said: 'I do not oppose your will, sire.
3
Furthermore, no scion can be established under a diseased sire, Domenico said.
4
I thank you, sire; and I will now tell you the name.
5
It beggared reason; it-it-butletme read the despatch for myself, sire.
6
Shape and size from the sire: temper and virtue from the dam.
7
A son receives the disposition of either the sire or the mother.
8
But it is the Archduke of Austria that she loves, beau sire.
9
Go quickly and enter thy abode; thou shall behold thy sire there.
10
Sleep is the sovereign remedy of which you are in need, sire.
11
I remember my dam, but I don't know who my sire was.
12
I had no time, sire; and London is well-nigh palsied with dismay.
13
Plash-Goo was of the children of the giants, whose sire was Uph.
14
The gods rose from their seats, before the coming of their sire.
15
Soon as she saw her sorrowing sire in front of the altar
16
There was not, however, and he was, after all, his sire's son.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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