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A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

(obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.

(obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

(of a male) To father; to beget.