Sire
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Sire can refer to several things:
- Sire is a term for the father (or genetic species providing sperm) of a creature, contrasting to the female term, dam.
For example, the sire of a mule would be a donkey, and the dam of a mule would be a horse. - Sire is used as a form of address and title for a man of rank or authority, equivalent to Lord or Prince.
- Sire Records is a record label.
- Sire Advertising is an advertising agency.
- Sire, in vampire mythology and fiction, is the vampire that turned another being into a vampire (which is now his or her childe).
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- In the case of the fictional Buffyverse see here.
Grandsire is the term for the sire of a sire, much like grandfather or grandmother.
- According to the Department of Canadian Heritage, the title of sire is given in conversation with a male monarch (king or emperor). http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/pe/address4_e.cfm