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"text": "English: sir; sire"
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},
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"Used preceding the name or title of a knight, noble, or cleric."
],
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"Human",
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"A respectful term of address for a noble or gentleman."
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"A husband as the head of a household."
],
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],
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"A father as one's progenitor."
],
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈsiːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsir(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛr(ə)/"
}
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"word": "syr"
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"word": "seere"
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"word": "ser"
},
{
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"word": "sure"
},
{
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"word": "sore"
},
{
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"word": "ẜ"
}
],
"word": "sire"
}
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"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
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},
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"name": "m"
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{
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"2": "la",
"3": "senior"
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"2": "senyour"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of senyour",
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],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "sires",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Used preceding the name or title of a knight, noble, or cleric."
],
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"knight",
"knight#English"
],
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"noble",
"noble#English"
],
[
"cleric",
"cleric#English"
]
]
},
{
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"A respectful term of address for a noble or gentleman."
],
"links": [
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"term",
"term#English"
],
[
"address",
"address#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A noble or lord; one of high station."
],
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
],
[
"high",
"high"
],
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"station",
"station"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A husband as the head of a household."
],
"links": [
[
"husband",
"husband"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A father as one's progenitor."
],
"links": [
[
"father",
"father"
],
[
"progenitor",
"progenitor"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsiːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsir(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛr(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sir"
},
{
"word": "sirre"
},
{
"word": "syre"
},
{
"word": "syr"
},
{
"word": "seere"
},
{
"word": "ser"
},
{
"word": "sure"
},
{
"word": "sore"
},
{
"word": "ẜ"
}
],
"word": "sire"
}
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