sire

Meanings

1. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
2. A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.
4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
5. The vampire who turned another person.

1. To father; to beget.
2. To turn (another person) into a vampire.

Etymology

From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.