sire.

Perhaps she was afraid of the gossiping tongues of West Lynne, or that her visits might have come to the knowledge of that stern, prying, and questioning old gentleman whom she called sire.

East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter 1864

Perhaps she was afraid of the gossiping tongues of West Lynne, or that her visits might have come to the knowledge of that stern, prying, and questioning old gentleman whom she called sire.

East Lynne Henry Wood 1850

(In animal breeding the father is called the sire.)

Chapter 5 1976

The man's voice belonged on someone who was regularly addressed as "sire."

September 2006 2006

The man's voice belonged on someone who was regularly addressed as "sire."

I'm a Yankee Doodle... Something 2006

Would that you could have heard her pitiful screams while she writhed in agony, "sire."

Conan The Hunter Moore, Sean A. 1994

Against experi-ence, tradition, and love you can marshal only a vague ` de'sire. '

Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982