Sir

1. Sir
   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 .", "In the election of a sir so rare."
2. Sir
   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. "What's that to you, sir ?"
3. Sir
   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."
4. Sir
   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."

1. (n) sir
   A master; lord; sovereign. The use of sir in this and the next sense is derived in part, if not wholly, from its use in address (def. 3); the regular form for these senses is sire. (See sire.) The Middle English forms cannot be discriminated in the plural.
2. (n) sir
   A person of rank or importance; a personage; a gentleman.
3. (n) sir
   Master; mister: a respectful and formal title of address, used formerly to men of superior rank, position, or age, and now to men of equal rank, or without regard to rank, as a mere term of address, without etymological significance. In emphatic assertions, threats, or reproaches the word takes meaning from the tone in which it is uttered. It was used sometimes formerly, and is still dialectally, in addressing women.
4. (n) sir
   Specifically— A title of honor prefixed to the Christian names of knights and baronets, and formerly applied also to those of higher rank, as the king; it was also prefixed occasionally to the title of rank itself: as, Sir King; Sir Knight; Sir Herald.
5. (n) sir
   (b ) Formerly, a title of a bachelor of arts; hence, a title given to a clergyman; also, a clergyman.
6. sir
   To address as “sir.”
7. sir
   To use the word sir.
8. (n) sir
   A Persian measure of weight, equal to 16 miskals or ounces troy.

1. (n) Sir
   sėr a word of respect used in addressing a man: a gentleman: the title of a knight or baronet, used along with the Christian name and surname, as 'Sir David Pole:' formerly a common title of address for the clergy as a translation of L. dominus, the term used for a bachelor of arts, originally in contradistinction from the magister, or master of arts—hence Sir John=a priest
2. (v.t) Sir
   to address as 'sir.'

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