Sire

Quick meaning: Sire is a noun meaning A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

Meaning

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

More Meanings

1. (fantasy) The vampire who turned another person.
2. (transitive, of a male) To father; to beget.
3. (transitive, fantasy) To turn (another person) into a vampire.
4. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
5. (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
6. (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

Example Sentences

“She is my sire. I cannot defy her as long as she is more powerful than me.”

He but a Duke, would haue his Sonne a King, / And raiſe his iſſue like a louing Sire.

In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.

Ever since Antonio’s escape from his sire in 1942, he had never been tempted to return to the vampire fold.

Word Forms

• sires
• siring
• sired

Synonyms for sire

Depending on context, synonyms include turn, vampirize, engender, generate, beget, get.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include father, mother, generate, get, beget, engender.

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