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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Sir
King James Dictionary
• Sir
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Sir
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Walter Scott, Sir
• Thomas Malory, Sir
• Scott, Sir Walter
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Sir, Sirs
Webster Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Colonel Sir Robert Warburton
• Sir
• Sir (Cyril) Arthur Pearson
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Ashburnham, Sir William
• Bacon, Sir Nathaniel
• Baker, Sir Henry Williams
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Abel, Sir F. a.
• Abercrombie, Sir Ralph
• Acland, Sir Henry
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Désiré Raoul Rochette
• François-Désiré Mathieu
• General Sir William Francis Butler
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Adolphus, Sir John
• Behrens, Sir Jacob
• Benedict, Sir Julius
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Lexicons
• ἀνήρ
• κύριος
• אָדוֹן

SIR, n. sur.

1. A word or respect used in addresses to men, as madam is in addresses to women. It signifies properly lord, corresponding to dominus in Latin, in Spanish, and herr in German. It is used in the singular or plural. Speak on, sir. But sirs, be sudden in the execution.

2. The title of a knight or baronet as Sir Horace Vere.

3. It is used by Shakespeare for man. In the election of a sir so rare. Not in use.

4. In American colleges, the title of a master of arts.

5. It is prefixed to loin, in sirloin as a sirloin of beef. This practice is said to have originated in the knighting of a loin of beef by one of the English kings in a fit of good humor.

6. Formerly the title or a priest.