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dear Sir

dear Sir phrase: used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be male – of unknown names.

dear sir: used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be...
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Phrase

dear Sir

  1. (dated) Used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be male – of unknown names.
    • Dear Sir, You will recently have received...

dear Sir meaning in Tamil

dear Sir in Tamil

அன்பார்ந்த அய்யா

Forms of dear Sir

alternative formdear sir
alternative formdear Sir or Madam
alternative formdear Sir/Madam
alternative formdear Sirs
alternative formdear sirs
alternative formDear Sirs or Madams

Questions about dear Sir

What does dear Sir mean?
Dear Sir means used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be male – of unknown names.
What is dear Sir in Tamil?
Dear Sir in Tamil is அன்பார்ந்த அய்யா. See Dear Sir meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dear Sir?
Dear Sir is a phrase.

Words near dear Sir in the dictionary

  1. Dear Joy
  2. Dear Leader
  3. Dear Leaders
  4. dear Lord
  5. dear me
  6. dear Sir
  7. dear Sir or Madam
  8. dear Sir/Madam
  9. dear sirs
  10. Dear Sirs or Madams
  11. dearborn

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dear Sir (page history and authors); dear sir (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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