sirrah

[ sir-uh ]

noun

, Archaic.

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

sirrah

/ ˈsɪrə /

noun

1. archaic.
   a contemptuous term used in addressing a man or boy

Word History and Origins

Origin of sirrah¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sirrah¹

C16: probably variant of sire

Example Sentences

I would have thee to understand, sirrah, that thou art fitter for the house they have chaired thee unto than for mine.

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Go to, sirrah, I will not have your kindness to intermeddle with her kind; she is meat for your master.

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No, sir; here dwells none of your fine gentlewomen: 'twere a good deed, sirrah, to see who you are.

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Sirrah, you lie; here dwells nobody but I, that have dwelt here this one and forty years, and sold glasses.

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Sirrah, we shall have fine courting now my young master is come home, were you never courted Sister?

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