n. | 1. | A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; - in this sense usually spelled sire. | |||
2. | A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet. | ||||
3. | An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; - formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy. | ||||
4. | A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; - used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
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Noun | 1. | sir - term of address for a man |
2. | Sir - a title used before the name of knight or baronet |
1. | (language) | SIR - An early system on the IBM 650. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. | |
2. | (standard) | SIR - Serial Infrared. An infrared standard from
IrDA, part of IrDA Data. SIR supports asynchronous
communications at 9600 bps - 115.2 Kbps, at a distance of up
to 1 metre. |