Meanings
plural gentlesirs
- humorousnonstandardA polite form of address for a man.
Gentlesirs, this beef is from your own planet, prepared according to an Old Earth recipe.
2011, Fred Patten, Furry: The Best Anthropomorphic Fiction Ever, page 3392 more examples
Gentlesirs, what think you? You have just seen forty-five (untranslatable noun) representing all the continents of the several worlds of the United Systems of Briamos.
1978, Alan Dean Foster, Star Trek Log Ten, page 204"Gentlesirs, gentlesirs," the Tersept of Sart said in swift and slightly overloud soothing, "let our brawl be where it truly lies, with the so-called Risen King, and not with each other.
2007, Ed Greenwood, The Vacant Throne, page 64
Origin
From gentle + sir, modelled on gentleman.
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