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    sirrah
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sirrah has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
sirrah, n. [Probably from Icel. sīra, fr. F. sire. See Sir.]. 
                                            
                                         A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.                                         Beau. & Fl.                                         [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                    
                                                    "Go, sirrah, to my cell."                                                                                            
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                                                                                                                        OXFORD DICTIONARY
sirrah, n.  archaic = SIR (as a form of address).
                    Etymology
                        prob. f. ME sire SIR
                                    
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