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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sir \Sir\, noun [OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex,senis, an aged person; akin to Gr. ??? old, Skr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael. sean old, W. hen. Cf. {Seignior}, {Senate}, {Seneschal}, {Senior}, {Senor}, {Signor}, {Sire}, {Sirrah}.]
1. A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire. [Obs.]
He was crowned lord and sire. --Gower.
In the election of a sir so rare. --Shak.
2. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
Sir Horace Vere, his brother, was the principal in the active part. --Bacon.
3. An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy. --Nares.
Instead of a faithful and painful teacher, they hire a Sir John, which hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word. --Latimer.
4. A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality. ''What's that to you, sir?'' --Sheridan.
Note: Anciently, this title, was often used when a person was addressed as a man holding a certain office, or following a certain business. ''Sir man of law.'' ''Sir parish priest.'' --Chaucer.
{Sir reverance}. See under {Reverence}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sir
noun
1: term of address for a man
2: a title used before the name of knight or baronet
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
SIR
1. An early system on the {IBM 650}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. 2. Serial Infrared. An {infrared} {standard} from {IrDA}, part of {IrDA Data}. SIR supports {asynchronous} communications at 9600 bps - 115.2 Kbps, at a distance of up to 1 metre. [Reference?] (1999-10-14)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIR Save Instruction Recognition
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIR Serial InfraRed (HP)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIR Selective Information Retrieval
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIR Sicherheit im Rechenzentrum (TPS)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIR Statistical Information Retrieval
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SIR Sustained Information Rate (SMDS)
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