sire

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A father.
2. n. The male parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
3. n. Archaic A male ancestor; a forefather.
4. n. Archaic A gentleman of rank.
5. n. Archaic Used as a form of address for a superior, especially a king.
6. v. To father; beget.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A master; a lord; hence, a personage of importance; an esquire; a gentleman.
2. n. Master; lord; my lord: a respectful and formal title of address, used formerly to men of superior rank, position, or age, especially to a prince. (See sir.) Sire is or has been in present or recent use only in addressing a king or other sovereign prince.
3. n. The master of a house; goodman; husband.
4. n. An old person; an elder.
5. n. A father; an ancestor; a progenitor: used also in composition: as, grandsire; great-grandsire.
6. n. The male parent of a beast: used especially of stallions, but also of bulls, dogs, and other domestic animals: generally with dam as the female parent.
7. n. A breed; a growth: as, a good sire of pigs, or of cabbages.
8. To beget; procreate: used now chiefly of beasts, and especially of stallions.

Wiktionary

1. n. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively.
2. n. A male animal, especially a horse or dog. In particular, one which is already, or has already been, a father.
3. v. transitive Of a male: to procreate; to father, beget.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete A lord, master, or other person in authority. See sir.
2. n. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
3. n. A father; the head of a family; the husband.
4. n. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
5. n. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses.
6. v. To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
2. v. make children
3. n. a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
4. n. the founder of a family