SIR

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• SIR (noun)
  The noun SIR has 2 senses:

1. term of address for a man

2. a title used before the name of knight or baronet

  Familiarity information: SIR used as a noun is rare.

• SIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Term of address for a man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sir" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A title used before the name of knight or baronet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sir" is a kind of...):

male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

“Nothin’, sir. I take it back.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Here it is. This is what began it all. You just read it for yourself, sir.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, sir, it was about two hours after feedin' yesterday when I first hear my disturbance.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

My dear sir, you have done wonders.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Married Edith, daughter of Sir Charles Appledore, 1888.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I’ll give you a thousand for him, sir, a thousand, sir—twelve hundred, sir.”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I'll trouble you to keep your hands off, sir.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"The doctor to see you, sir," and the maid beckoned as she spoke.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;'

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Don't! Pray don't beat me! I have tried to learn, sir, but I can't learn while you and Miss Murdstone are by. I can't indeed!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)