sirrah

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SIR'RAH, noun A word of reproach and contempt; used in addressing vile characters. Go sirrah to my call. [I know not whence we have this word. The common derivation of it from sir, ha, is ridiculous.]
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