Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 81 compound words that contain sir. The most common are listed below. Open sir in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- Sir HumphreyA high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.
- Sir Robert BordenAlternative form of Robert Borden: A Canadian hundred-dollar note.
- Sir Francis Drake ChannelA strait in the British Virgin Islands.
- sir sandwichThe practice of beginning and ending a sentence with the address of sir.
- Sir Philip Sidney gameA model for the evolution and maintenance of informative communication between relatives, developed to explain begging behaviour in chicks.
- Sir David's long-beaked echidnaZaglossus attenboroughi, a species of long-beaked echidna.
- Sir Roger de CoverleyAlternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
- Sir Roger de CoverlyAlternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
- Sir Roger of CoverleyAlternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
- Sir Roger of CoverlyAlternative form of Roger de Coverley (“country dance”).
- sir sandwichesplural of sir sandwich: The practice of beginning and ending a sentence with the address of sir.
- dear SirUsed as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons – assumed to be male – of unknown names.
- Sir Humphreysplural of Sir Humphrey: A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure.
- Sir Philip Sidney gamesplural of Sir Philip Sidney game: A model for the evolution and maintenance of informative communication between relatives, developed to explain begging behaviour in chicks.
- Sir David's long-beaked echidnaeplural of Sir David's long-beaked echidna: Zaglossus attenboroughi, a species of long-beaked echidna.
- Sir David's long-beaked echidnasplural of Sir David's long-beaked echidna: Zaglossus attenboroughi, a species of long-beaked echidna.
- Sir Robert Bordensplural of Sir Robert Borden: A Canadian hundred-dollar note.
- Sir JohnA priest.
- dear Sir or MadamUsed as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons of unknown gender.
- all Sir GarnetIn order; perfect.
- Sir John Lack-LatinAn uneducated priest, chiefly one who has little to no knowledge of Latin.
- Sir Johnsplural of Sir John: A priest.
- sir-reverenceexcrement
- Sir John Lack-Latinsplural of Sir John Lack-Latin: An uneducated priest, chiefly one who has little to no knowledge of Latin.
- sir-reverencesplural of sir-reverence: excrement
Compound words 81
- surlyIrritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
- yessirUsed to express assent, especially to a male superior.
- siressA female sir.
- MonsirObsolete form of Monsieur: A man, especially a French gentleman.
- gentlesirA polite form of address for a man.
- mamsirA respectful term of address to an adult, especially if their name is unknown.
- SiriusA telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely …
- sirensplural of siren: One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- sirloinA cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
- sirdarA high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a chief, a headman.