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Noun Concept
Categories: Styles (manners of address), Chivalry, Men's social titles, British honours system, Knights
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Sir  clergy holding knighthoods  messire  Micer  Mossèn
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A title used before the name of knight or baronet WordNet 3.0
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A title used before the name of knight or baronet WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Wikipedia
Respectful form of address for a man, and a formal title used in the United Kingdom for knights and baronets. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Honorific prefix Wikidata
A polite form of address for a man. OmegaWiki
The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet. Wiktionary
Title. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
male aristocrat
title of honor
form of address in the United Kingdom
imperial, royal and noble ranks
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
REGION DOMAIN
United Kingdom
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
knight
Ritter
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Sir
Wikipedia
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Sir
Wikidata
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Sir
Wiktionary
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Sir
OmegaWiki
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sir
Wikipedia Redirections
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clergy holding knighthoods, messire, Micer, Mossèn, Sir (title), Sirree

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