SIRRAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sirrah mean? 

• SIRRAH (noun)
  The noun SIRRAH has 1 sense:

1. formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger

  Familiarity information: SIRRAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIRRAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)

 Context examples 

“Now, sirrah, your explanation!” cried Sir Lothian, standing with his arms folded by the door.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“How now, sirrah? What message do you bring to us from our brother of Navarre?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Who gave it to you, sirrah?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)