"Sir" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sir
  1. Alternative form of Syr. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Syr
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: Sirs [plural]
Etymology templates: {{wp}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sir (plural Sirs)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of sir. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: sir Coordinate_terms: Dame (english: woman who holds a knighthood; used with her given name or full name), Lady (english: title used for the wife of a knight or baronet, with her married last name)
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  2. (UK) The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-Sir-en-noun-dhd4-c1Q Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Thai translations, Titles Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 35 29 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 13 47 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 57 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 5 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 11 30 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 16 46 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 15 46 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 15 46 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 47 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 49 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 15 46 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 50 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 46 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 51 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 53 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 15 46 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 22 44 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 15 46 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 48 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 15 45 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 22 43 35 Disambiguation of Titles: 11 56 33
  3. (Philippines, colloquial or informal) A respectful term of address or reference to a man of higher rank or position before the man's given name or nickname. Tags: Philippines, colloquial, informal
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (title): سِير (ser) [masculine] (Arabic), Սըր (Sər) (Armenian), ဆာ (hca) (Burmese), 爵士 (juéshì) (Chinese Mandarin), სერ (ser) (Georgian), Σέρ (Sér) (Greek), सर (sar) [masculine] (Hindi), (kyō) (alt: きょう) (Japanese), サー () (Japanese), (gyeong) (Korean), (seo) (Korean), Сер (Ser) [masculine] (Macedonian), सर (sar) (Marathi), Tā (Māori), سر (ser) (Persian), Сэр (Sɛr) [masculine] (Russian), an Ridire [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Sir [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), เซอร์ (sə̂ə) (Thai)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'title': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "english": "woman who holds a knighthood; used with her given name or full name",
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          "text": "“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.”",
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          "text": "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.",
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      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ser",
      "sense": "title",
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      "word": "سِير"
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      "roman": "Sər",
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      "word": "Սըր"
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      "word": "ဆာ"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "juéshì",
      "sense": "title",
      "word": "爵士"
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      "word": "სერ"
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      "word": "Σέρ"
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      "word": "卿"
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      "word": "サー"
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      "word": "서"
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      "word": "Tā"
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      "sense": "title",
      "word": "เซอร์"
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          "text": "The Kara-tau, or \"Black Mountain,\" the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.",
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