siress
siress noun: a female sir.
Noun
siress (plural siresses)
- A female sir.
- At dinner the first night, with all the lords and ladies, sirs and siresses, I was sensational.1988, Marvin Kitman, I Am a VCR: The Kitman Tapes, Random House, →ISBN, page 14
- Dear Sirs and Siresses, / No one but the Sanhedrin is allowed to view the holy sacred stone tablet. So there’s no use telling non-homosexual male European Americans where it is located. But surely they may not doubt nonetheless that what’s written there is the word of the Lord.1993, The Liberty Bell, volume 21, Liberty Bell Publications, page 55
Examples of siress in a sentence
- >Sir Doctress Neutopia (neut...@external.umass.edu) / PS: Siress, surely.1995 July 24, David DeLaney, “Re: THE IMPERIAL MANIFESTO OF USENET”, in news.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3uvihp$gtp@martha.utk.edu>:
- Dear Sirs/ and Siresses / I need titles to science fiction short stories with anarchy or libertarianism as a political theme.1996 December 16, Robert J. Kolker, “Need titles and authors”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), message-ID <rjk.850769664@laraby.tiac.net>:
- Dear Sirs and Siresses, / Anyone know if there is a java event that catches if the window has been resized either using cursors or the min/max icons?1997 June 26, Alastair R Todd, “Catching if the user resizes a window”, in microsoft.public.java.visualj++ (Usenet), message-ID...
- Sir, or Siress / I wish to apply for the above post.1998 October 8, Robert Chrismas, “Re: Network Manager Position”, in uk.education.staffroom (Usenet), message-ID...
Forms of siress
| plural | siresses |
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Origin of siress
From sir + -ess. Piecewise doublet of seigneuress.
Questions about siress
- What does siress mean?
- Siress means a female sir.
- How do you use siress in a sentence?
- >Sir Doctress Neutopia (neut...@external.umass.edu) / PS: Siress, surely.
- What part of speech is siress?
- Siress is a noun.
- What is the plural of siress?
- The plural of siress is siresses.
Words near siress in the dictionary
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