noun

• Used as a term of address for a man or boy, especially one younger or of lower status than the speaker.

  ‘you are foolish as well as insolent, sirrah’

  More example sentences

  • ‘She drew herself up, pulled at the lapels of her tattered jacket as though it were an evening coat, flicked at an invisible cape, harrumphed a few times, and pronounced: ‘After you, sirrah.’’
  • ‘I'm a proud village idiot seven years running, sirrah!’
  • ‘‘Just standard procedure, sirrah,’ the guard said, shrugging.’
  • ‘Pardon my cheek, sirrah, but I am the master craftsman of this room, and I'll have no advice from the novice.’