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- English Word Sir Definition An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
- English Word Sir Definition 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.
- English Word Siraskier Definition See Seraskier.
- English Word Siraskierate Definition See Seraskierate.
- English Word Sirbonian Definition See Serbonian.
- English Word Sircar Definition A Hindoo clerk or accountant.
- English Word Sircar Definition A district or province; a circar.
- English Word Sircar Definition The government; the supreme authority of the state.
- English Word Sirdar Definition A native chief in Hindostan; a headman.
- English Word Sire Definition A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.
- English Word Sire Definition A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
- English Word Sire Definition A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- English Word Sire Definition A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
- English Word Sire Definition The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
- English Word Sire Definition To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
- English Word Sired Definition of Sire
- English Word Siredon Definition The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
- English Word Siren Definition One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
- English Word Siren Definition An enticing, dangerous woman.
- English Word Siren Definition Something which is insidious or deceptive.