sirrah

sirrah

See also: Sirrah

English

Etymology

An extended form of sir; the source of the final vowel is unclear.[1] See also siree.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹə
• Hyphenation: sir‧rah

Noun

sirrah (plural sirrahs)

1. (obsolete) A term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A modern-day equivalent would be "little man". [from c. 1520-1530]
   • c. 1613 (first performance)​, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Bonduca”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, Act II, scene iii, page 54, column 1:

     VVhat ſay you to a leg of Beef novv, ſirha?

Translations

term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child

German: Bursche (de) m, Knabe (de) m Hindi: अरे (hi) (are) Malayalam: എടാ (ml) (eṭā) Russian: бра́тец (ru) m (brátec), любе́зный (ru) m (ljubéznyj)

References

1. “sirrah, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Harris, arrish, harris, rarish