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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

sires

/saɪɹz/

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What does sires mean?

noun

  1. plural of sire

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sire

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IPA pronunciation

/saɪɹz/

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The sires of these Orythia sent from far, To grace Pilumnus, when he went to war.
VirgilThe AeneidTranslated by John DrydenProject Gutenberg ebook #228
I am so true a Daughter of the Revolution that such a president as Theodore Roosevelt is an insult to my sires.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
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To these three sires, some of the bluest Pekinese blood is traceable, vide Ch.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991
Numbers, who, for years, had mourned their separation from children, wives, and sires, were now seen rushing, with trembling joy, to the long-coveted embrace.
M. L. (Mason Locke) WeemsThe Life of General Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #846
But for myself, O never let my Thebes, The city of my sires, be doomed to bear The burden of my presence while I live.
SophoclesPlays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneTranslated by Francis StorrProject Gutenberg ebook #31