sirrah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sirrah
1520–30; extended form of sir; source of final vowel is unclear
Vocabulary lists containing sirrah
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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Example Sentences
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The trouble with America today is that there are too few men with dour visages who exclaim "sirrah" and too many who skip, leak, jam, run out quickly and can be replaced for 69¢.
From Time Magazine Archive
He taught himself a kind of English by comparing Russian and English versions of Shakespearean plays and practiced on unamused trolley conductors: "Holla, sirrah, wouldst prithee halt!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Are you traitor, sirrah?" he continued with passion, "or are you of our brother Alen�on's opinions, that you traverse our orders to the damnation of your soul and our discredit?
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
"What is the matter, sirrah?" cried the Count somewhat sharply.
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
He had told me that my tongue outran my thoughts, and I stood silent until he asked me curtly, "Well, sirrah, what do you say?"
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John
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