sirrah
IPA: sˈɪrʌ
noun
- (obsolete) A term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A modern-day equivalent would be "little man".
- (astronomy) Synonym of Alpheratz.
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Examples of "sirrah" in Sentences
- By whom? who has been pounding thy head, old sirrah?
- I take great pride, sirrah, great pride in this accomplishment.
- Ho, sirrah! what art thou about? taking a stealthy pull at the wine?
- Thou, sirrah, tell me straight the country whence thou camest thither.
- You should see some of OUR outfits before you knock biker shorts, sirrah.
- Then, louder, she added in what was almost a roar, “Stand aside, sirrah!”
- “Peace, sirrah!” said the Count of Crevecoeur, “your tongue runs too fast.”
- It's probably a good idea to get off theWikipedia and make that date, sirrah.
- To talk of dragons, sirrah, living ones, in the court of King Kenneret Death-of-Dragons, is to talk treason.
- “Out, sirrah!” exclaimed one of the champions, “will you, a wandering beggar, put yourself on terms of resistance against belted knights?”
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