'Sire' definitions:
Definition of 'sire'
(from WordNet)
noun
A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
noun
The founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" [syn: forefather, father, sire]
noun
Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
verb
Definition of 'Sire'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Sire'
From: GCIDE
- Sire \Sire\, n. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]
- 1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Pain and distress, sickness and ire, And melancholy that angry sire, Be of her palace senators. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A father; the head of a family; the husband. [1913 Webster]
- Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And raise his issue, like a loving sire. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator. [1913 Webster]
- [He] was the sire of an immortal strain. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abba,
- agent,
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- author,
- bear,
- beget,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- birth,
- breed,
- breed true,
- bring about,
- bring forth,
- bring to birth,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- builder,
- catalyst,
- cause,
- causer,
- conceive,
- conceiver,
- constructor,
- copulate,
- craftsman,
- create,
- creator,
- crossbreed,
- dad,
- daddy,
- dean,
- designer,
- deviser,
- discoverer,
- do,
- doyen,
- doyenne,
- effect,
- effector,
- effectuate,
- effendi,
- elder,
- eldest,
- emir,
- engender,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- Esquire,
- establish,
- executor,
- executrix,
- father,
- first-born,
- firstling,
- foster father,
- found,
- founder,
- generate,
- generator,
- genitor,
- gestate,
- get,
- give birth to,
- give occasion to,
- give origin to,
- give rise to,
- governor,
- grower,
- hatch,
- inaugurate,
- inaugurator,
- inbreed,
- industrialist,
- initiator,
- inspirer,
- instigator,
- institute,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- khan,
- make,
- make love,
- maker,
- manufacturer,
- Master,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- mirza,
- Mister,
- mother,
- mover,
- multiply,
- occasion,
- older,
- oldest,
- organizer,
- originate,
- originator,
- outbreed,
- pa,
- pap,
- papa,
- pappy,
- parent,
- past master,
- pater,
- paterfamilias,
- patriarch,
- planner,
- pop,
- pops,
- precursor,
- prime mover,
- primum mobile,
- procreate,
- produce,
- producer,
- progenerate,
- proliferate,
- propagate,
- raiser,
- realize,
- realizer,
- reproduce in kind,
- sahib,
- senior,
- set afloat,
- set on foot,
- set up,
- shaper,
- Sir,
- sirdar,
- sirrah,
- smith,
- spawn,
- stepfather,
- the old man,
- work,
- wright