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gentlesir

gentlesir noun: a polite form of address for a man.

Noun

gentlesir (plural gentlesirs)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) A polite form of address for a man.
    • Gentlesirs, what think you? You have just seen forty-five (untranslatable noun) representing all the continents of the several worlds of the United Systems of Briamos.1978, Alan Dean Foster, Star Trek Log Ten, page 204
    • "Gentlesirs, gentlesirs," the Tersept of Sart said in swift and slightly overloud soothing, "let our brawl be where it truly lies, with the so-called Risen King, and not with each other.2007, Ed Greenwood, The Vacant Throne, page 64

Forms of gentlesir

pluralgentlesirs

Origin of gentlesir

From gentle + sir, modelled on gentleman.

Questions about gentlesir

What does gentlesir mean?
Gentlesir means a polite form of address for a man.
What part of speech is gentlesir?
Gentlesir is a noun.
What is the plural of gentlesir?
The plural of gentlesir is gentlesirs.

Words near gentlesir in the dictionary

  1. gentlepersons
  2. gentler
  3. gentler sex
  4. gentles
  5. gentleship
  6. gentlesir
  7. gentlesirs
  8. gentlesome
  9. gentlesse
  10. gentlest
  11. gentlethem

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