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Meanings of sire in English

Portuguese
antepassado
Catalan
pare
Spanish
padre

The founder of a family.

        antepassado
        Portuguese
        procriar
        Catalan
        engendrar
        Spanish
        engendrar

        Make children.

            procriar
            Russian
            сир
            Spanish
            sire

            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.
                    The Elson Readers, Book 5
                    2
                    But at length Faramir said: 'I do not oppose your will, sire.
                    The lord of the rings
                    3
                    Furthermore, no scion can be established under a diseased sire, Domenico said.
                    The Book of Life
                    4
                    I thank you, sire; and I will now tell you the name.
                    Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
                    5
                    It beggared reason; it-it-butletme read the despatch for myself, sire.
                    The Justice of the King
                    6
                    Shape and size from the sire: temper and virtue from the dam.
                    The Eyes of Asia
                    7
                    A son receives the disposition of either the sire or the mother.
                    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
                    8
                    But it is the Archduke of Austria that she loves, beau sire.
                    Chivalry
                    9
                    Go quickly and enter thy abode; thou shall behold thy sire there.
                    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
                    10
                    Sleep is the sovereign remedy of which you are in need, sire.
                    Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
                    11
                    I remember my dam, but I don't know who my sire was.
                    Outpost
                    12
                    I had no time, sire; and London is well-nigh palsied with dismay.
                    The Last of the Barons — Volume 07
                    13
                    Plash-Goo was of the children of the giants, whose sire was Uph.
                    Tales of Wonder
                    14
                    The gods rose from their seats, before the coming of their sire.
                    The Iliad
                    15
                    Soon as she saw her sorrowing sire in front of the altar
                    The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
                    16
                    There was not, however, and he was, after all, his sire's son.
                    Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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                    Translations for sire
                    Russian
                    сир
                    Sire through the time
                    Sire across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common