sirrah

[ sir-uh ]

/ ˈsɪr ə /

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noun Archaic.

a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.

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Origin of sirrah

1520–30; extended form of sir; source of final vowel is unclear

Words nearby sirrah

Sirius, sirloin, sirocco, sironize, siroset, sirrah, sirree, sir-reverence, Sir Roger de Coverley, Sir Sandford, sirup

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How to use sirrah in a sentence

I would have thee to understand, sirrah, that thou art fitter for the house they have chaired thee unto than for mine.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
Go to, sirrah, I will not have your kindness to intermeddle with her kind; she is meat for your master.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various
No, sir; here dwells none of your fine gentlewomen: 'twere a good deed, sirrah, to see who you are.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various
Sirrah, you lie; here dwells nobody but I, that have dwelt here this one and forty years, and sold glasses.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various

Sirrah, we shall have fine courting now my young master is come home, were you never courted Sister?
Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10)|Francis Beaumont

British Dictionary definitions for sirrah

sirrah

/ (ˈsɪrə) /

noun

archaic a contemptuous term used in addressing a man or boy

Word Origin for sirrah

C16: probably variant of sire

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