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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
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noun
A father; the head of a family; the husband.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The vampire who turned another person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
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verb
To father; to beget.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To turn (another person) into a vampire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: fantasy
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Synonyms: turn, vampirize
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noun
male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: male
noun
the founder of a family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: forefather, father
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Broader terms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
Narrower terms: patriarch
noun
a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Lord, noble, nobleman
verb
make children
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: beget, get, engender, father, mother, generate, bring forth
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Broader terms: make, create
History
From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.
Across languages
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