"yessir" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈjɛsɜː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈjɛsːɝ/ [General-American, informal], /ˌjɛsˈsɝ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yessir.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: (General American, military) -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: yes + sir Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yes|sir}} yes + sir Head templates: {{en-interj}} yessir
  1. (informal or military) Used to express assent, especially to a male superior. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-yessir-en-intj-wsDqsW9p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English responses Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 12 36 Disambiguation of English responses: 57 15 28 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (informal) Used to express emphatic affirmation. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-yessir-en-intj-f8ywniiE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: yes'm, yessiree, yessirree Translations (used to express assent, especially to a superior): نَعَم سَيِّدِي (naʕam sayyidī) (Arabic), լսում եմ (lsum em) (Armenian), baş üstə (Azerbaijani), javel (Danish), kyllä herra (Finnish), jessör (Finnish), oui monsieur (French), jawohl (German), igenis (Hungarian), iavòl (Istriot), sì signore (Italian), sissignore (Italian), 了解 (ryoukai) (Japanese), 了解しました (ryoukai shimashita) (Japanese), イエッサー (iessā) [slang] (Japanese), baik tuan (Malay), sim senhor (Portuguese), есть (jestʹ) (Russian), так то́чно (tak tóčno) (Russian), слу́шаюсь (slúšajusʹ) [dated] (Russian), sí señor (Spanish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'used to express assent, especially to a superior': 55 45

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} yessir
  1. (Isle of Man, colloquial) Term of address to a male; mate; buddy. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-yessir-en-noun-hNIf5VyX Categories (other): Manx English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for yessir meaning in English (6.3kB)

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