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Sirred vs Sired - What's the difference?

sirred | sired |

As verbs the difference between sirred and sired

is that sirred is (sir) while sired is (sire).

sirred

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sir)

  • sir

    English

    Noun

  • A man of a higher rank or position.
  • An address to a military superior of either sex.
  • Yes sir .
  • An address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown.
  • Excuse me, sir , could you tell me where the nearest bookstore is?
  • (colloquial) yes or no.
  • Derived terms

    * sirrah * sirree * siree

    Verb

    (sirr)
  • To address (someone) using "sir".
  • "Right this way, sir." — "You don't have to sir me."
    He sirred me! Do I really look that masculine just because I'm wearing a tie?

    Coordinate terms

    * ma'am, mam

    See also

    * lord * dame * mister * madam

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    sired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sire)
  • Anagrams

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    sire

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
  • (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And raise his issue, like a loving sire .
  • (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
  • * Shelley
  • [He] was the sire of an immortal strain.

    Verb

    (sir)
  • Of a male: to procreate; to father, beget.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 6:
  • In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

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