SIR

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sir I. substantiv

1. (titlu de politeţe folosit atunci când cineva i se adresează unui superior sau, ocazional, unui egal) domnule;

dear sir dragă domnule.

2. (aşezat înaintea numelui mic indică titlul de knight sau baronet) Sir John; Sir Walter Scott (niciodată Sir Scott).

sir II. verb A. tranzitiv

a interpela cu titlul de „sir“;

don’t sir me! nu mă lua cu „sir“! nu mă mai domni atâta!

sir II. verb B. intranzitiv

a folosi titlul de „sir“ faţă de cineva.

Yes, sir; for he had started to England just before it arrived.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“’Ere ’e is, sir,” the cook said.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I may take it, sir, that you are anxious of result.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I was waitin’ outside the door, sir, and I could hear him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I went to it on my knees, sir, just as you told me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Put me alone, sir, and with my back to the wall. G. E. C. is happiest then.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'You have done a great deal for your country, sir,'

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

If you are hurt, and want help, sir, I can fetch some one either from Thornfield Hall or from Hay.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Mr. Murdstone! Sir!” I cried to him.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“I think that Sir James Walter claims our first attention.”

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)