sir|rah

sir|rah
sir|rah «SIHR uh», noun.
Archaic. fellow, used to address men and boys when speaking contemptuously, angrily, or impatiently: »

“Silence, sirrah,” said the prince to the stableboy.

[apparently < sir + ha]

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