sorr

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A form of sir — A man of a higher rank or position.

Scrabble 4

Meanings

sorr1

nounsorr (plural sorrs)

plural sorrs

  1. Irelandpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of sir.

    "A foine day it is, sorr," said our jarvey as we took our seats on the car.

    1888, William Henry Hurlbert, Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)
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    "'I tell ye, sorr,' he told him, tis of no use at all, thryin' ter reclaim ther castle.

    1912, William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki, The Ghost Finder

    No, sorr--yes, sorr," said Clancy hurriedly, and then more slowly, in neat adoption of the remarks he had just heard: "Leastways, sorr, I was just afther wondering if you had heard anything of this tale of a German Gineral lying out there on the ground beyanst." "

    1916, Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart), Action Front

SORR2

nounSORR (plural SORRs)

plural SORRs

  1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of sequence-of-returns risk.

Origin

Pronunciation spelling of sir.

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APA

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Chicago

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