siress en · NOUN
Etymology
From sir + -ess. Piecewise doublet of seigneuress.
Meanings
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(uncommon) A female sir.
Dear Sirs and Siresses, / Anyone know if there is a java event that catches if the window has been resized either using cursors or the min/max icons?
1997 June 26, Alastair R Todd, “Catching if the user resizes a window”, in microsoft.public.java.visualj++ (Usenet), message-ID <33B23459.2C3B@net7.co.uk>:Thankye^([sic]) kind sir/siress's
2000 October 31, septicd...@my-deja.com, “Gabber/Porno - really!?”, in alt.music.techno (Usenet), message-ID <8tml3f$nki$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:Well, sirs and siresses, I got myself cured of this horrible situation through the use of a CPAP machine.
2000 September 8, iDRMRSR, “Another Bizzarre^([sic]) Dreem^([sic]) - True”, in alt.slack (Usenet), message-ID <6950587F9C1D09D3.C225ECAD3EBD191C.69D0440ABCED2D1B@lp.airnews.net>:"They need fresh vampiral blood for the ceremony..." spirit Joyce explained... "From a sire or siress and his or his offspring..."
2003 November 22, Regertz, “Fic: "A Halloween Carol..." Part XIII...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet), message-ID <20031122164036.01975.00000636@mb-m16.aol.com>:Dear Sirs and Siresses, / No one but the Sanhedrin is allowed to view the holy sacred stone tablet. So there’s no use telling non-homosexual male European Americans where it is located. But surely they may not doubt nonetheless that what’s written there is the word of the Lord.
1993, The Liberty Bell, volume 21, Liberty Bell Publications, page 55:Moore and Eick seem to be uncomfortable portraying men as men really are. Give'em another year and they'll have a requisite throwback show - only it'll be the guys that will be socialators, siresses and disco chicks with three pairs of eyes.
2006 November 18, First-2-Die, “Re: Hero (Mild Spoilers)”, in alt.battlestar-galactica (Usenet), message-ID <ljx7h.358$ql2.219@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>:Mick & Wen are hereby congrated^([sic]) by Sir Knut and Siress Elly.
2001 July 12, Knut W. Jakset, “Re: Happy Anniversary Mick and Wendy!!”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet), message-ID <H7n37.2471$em.69660@juliett.dax.net>:> Well put, Sir! / > / > / Siress actually, but when you're saying nice things I won't quibble!
2007 February 1, a_l_p, “Re: Labours message to the sick and dying, suffer you bastards, we don't care.”, in nz.general (Usenet), message-ID <eprkgm$tl0$2@lust.ihug.co.nz>:I'll have you know, sir or siress, this means total and complete war.
2000 April 13, scott campbell, “Re: DYOFDW alt.writing (was: PButler Exiled to Flame Group)”, in alt.writing (Usenet), message-ID <8d5iel$h4c$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:Thank you dear sirs and siresses
2001 March 31, Wimwomble, “Pair PII”, in uk.adverts.computer (Usenet), message-ID <20010331183047.18313.00001583@ng-fl1.aol.com>:er, uhm, Heir (or Heiress, or Heretic, or wHatever) D.Pugh? this is your *real* name? -- (how unfortunate) -- well, sir or siress, *my* real name is P.Oder (that's "P" for "Pungent" -- […]
1998 November 11, Paine Ellsworth, “Re: Where am I? (What Am I Doin' Here?)”, in misc.writing (Usenet), message-ID <3649D8AD.4323@geocities.com>:You cut a bit too much off that armchair? No problem, sirs and siresses, let the history brush take care of it!
2000 May 11, Håvard Haagenrud, “Re: how do I efficiently extract an image from its background?”, in comp.graphics.apps.photoshop (Usenet), message-ID <8fcm95$3fa$1@readme.uio.no>:>Sir Doctress Neutopia (neut...@external.umass.edu) / PS: Siress, surely.
1995 July 24, David DeLaney, “Re: THE IMPERIAL MANIFESTO OF USENET”, in news.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3uvihp$gtp@martha.utk.edu>:Sir, or Siress / I wish to apply for the above post.
1998 October 8, Robert Chrismas, “Re: Network Manager Position”, in uk.education.staffroom (Usenet), message-ID <na.f9ef5a4891.a702a0chrismas@argonet.co.uk>:Yes Siress!
1999 August 9, Paul J. Gans, “Re: [GARBAGE] Re: Chicken and egg”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), message-ID <WzEr3.27$eO2.1732@typhoon.nyu.edu>:Sir, if sir and not siress you are, why not turn it into a script and send it to ITV or STV, it got my chuckle muscles vibrating, it would make a change from the unfunny rubbish broadcast by both channels, Naked Video and Rab excepted.
1997 March 29, Michael Swift, “Re: The Twatlight Zone”, in soc.culture.british (Usenet), message-ID <ZGTA1BAPuFPzEwfX@yeton.demon.co.uk>:Foul! Foul I cry. Since when were you a Sir? Surely you're still a siress?
2002 August 2, david.briggs, “Re: New here”, in alt.books.robert-rankin (Usenet), message-ID <3D4AE463.B1FA271B@ntlworld.com>:Dear Sirs/ and Siresses / I need titles to science fiction short stories with anarchy or libertarianism as a political theme.
1996 December 16, Robert J. Kolker, “Need titles and authors”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <rjk.850769664@laraby.tiac.net>:At dinner the first night, with all the lords and ladies, sirs and siresses, I was sensational.
1988, Marvin Kitman, I Am a VCR: The Kitman Tapes, Random House, →ISBN, page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| siresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |