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).
In the case of the fictional Buffyverse see here.

Grandsire is the term for the sire of a sire, much like grandfather or grandmother.