Sir

E20965
English honorific form of address honorific title

Sir is a formal English honorific title traditionally used to address or refer to a knight or baronet.

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Label Occurrences
Sir canonical 91

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English honorific ⓘ
form of address ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
associatedWith British honours system ⓘ
baronetcy ⓘ
knighthood ⓘ
context chivalric orders ⓘ
monarchical societies ⓘ
contrastsWith informal address forms like first names ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
derivedFrom Old French sire ⓘ
etymologyOrigin Middle English ⓘ
femaleEquivalent Dame ⓘ
formalityLevel formal ⓘ
genderAssociation male ⓘ
grammaticalCategory noun ⓘ
honorificType title of honour ⓘ
title of respect ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notUsedBefore surname alone ⓘ
notUsedFor peers of the realm ⓘ
relatedTerm Dame ⓘ
Lord ⓘ
Mister ⓘ
requires being knighted ⓘ
holding a baronetcy ⓘ
typicalPrecedence precedes personal name in written style ⓘ
usedAs polite form of address to a man in some contexts ⓘ
usedBefore full name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
usedFor addressing a baronet ⓘ
addressing a knight ⓘ
referring to a baronet ⓘ
referring to a knight ⓘ

Referenced by (91)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David Attenborough → hasHonorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Keir Starmer → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Norman Wisdom → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Kenneth Branagh → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Anish Kapoor → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Michael O’Dwyer → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
John Kendrew → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
George Howard Darwin → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Tony Hoare → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Auchinleck → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck
Denis Thatcher → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Arthur C. Clarke → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Edward Carson → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Pike → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pike
Air Marshal Sir Christopher Hartley → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Christopher Hartley
Stafford Cripps → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Ian McKellen → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Branson → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Branson
Sir John Trevor → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Sir John Johnson → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Camm → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Sydney Camm
John Hurt → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Max Horton → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Gerald Templer → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Dempsey → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Miles Dempsey
Sir Ranulph Fiennes → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Oliver Leese
Aston Webb → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
1st Baronet Mann → hasTitle → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Horace Mann, 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Paxton → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Andrew Bailey → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Sir Robert Morton is the barrister representing the Winslow family → title → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Sir Robert Morton
Hudson Lowe → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Sir Thomas Bornwell → hasTitle → Sir ⓘ
Harrison Birtwistle → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Humphry Davy → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Fraser Stoddart → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Christopher Hatton → nobleTitle → Sir ⓘ
Sir Mo Farah → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Mo Farah
Sir Michael Parkinson → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael Parkinson
Isobel Cripps → spouseHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Ralph Richardson → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
William Henry Bragg → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
Ben Kingsley → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Geoffrey Wilkinson → hasHonorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Sir John Tusa → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
András Schiff → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ
Arthur Evans → honorificPrefix → Sir ⓘ
David Chipperfield → honorificTitle → Sir ⓘ