Sir en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Meanings
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(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of sir.
alt of sir
“Every minute,” continued M. Krempe with warmth, “every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost. You have burdened your memory with exploded systems, and useless names. Good God! in what desert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies, which you have so greedily imbibed, are a thousand years old, and as musty as they are ancient? I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus. My dear Sir, you must begin your studies entirely anew.”
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 69–70:The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
- (UK) The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet.
- (Philippines, colloquial, informal) A respectful term of address or reference to a man of higher rank or position before the man's given name or nickname.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Translations (19)
mk Сер (title) · gd Sir (title) · ja 卿 (title) · ko 서 (title) · my ဆာ (title) · mi Tā (title) · th เซอร์ (title) · el Σέρ (title) · cmn 爵士 (title) · mr सर (title) · ka სერ (title) · fa سر (title) · ja サー (title) · gd an Ridire (title) · ko 경 (title) · hi सर (title) · hy Սըր (title) · ru Сэр (title) · ar سِير (title)