Sire
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Sire is an archaic respectful form of address to reigning kings in Europe. In French and other languages it is less archaic and relatively more current.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In Belgium, the king is addressed as "Sire..." in both Dutch and French.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The words "sire" and "sir", as well as the French "(mon)sieur", the Spanish "señor", and the Portuguese "senhor", share a common etymological origin, all ultimately being related to the Latin senior. The female equivalent form of address is dame or dam.[1]
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