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.
- In vampire mythology and fiction, a vampire's sire is the vampire that turned him or her into a vampire (which is now his or her childe).
Grandsire is the term for the sire of a sire, much like grandfather or grandmother.