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sires

noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
  3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.
  4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
  5. (of a male) to procreate; to father, beget, impregnate.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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