sires
Produces equine offspring
Sires is the plural of sire, an old word for father—now used mainly for male animals in breeding contexts: The stallion has sired many champions.
Historically, Sire was a formal address to a king or lord.
To sire is to father offspring: He sired three children before his death.
Family line of descent
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- predecessorsThose coming before another
forefathers · antecedents · descent · bloodline · roots · family tree · clan · tribe
Intact male breeding horse
- studUpright wall framing
- mareFemale adult equine
- foalingEquine birth process
- broodmareMare kept for reproduction
pedigree · bloodline · genetics · heredity · reproduction · fertility · conception · insemination
Of or from father
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- begetterOne who brings forth
- patriarchMale head of family
- fatherhoodState of being dad
fatherly · paterfamilias · forefather · dad · papa · parent · begot · fathered
ancestry
Family line of descent
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
predecessors · forefathers · antecedents · descent · bloodline · roots · family tree · clan · tribe · origin
stallion
Intact male breeding horse
broodmare · pedigree · bloodline · genetics · heredity · reproduction · fertility · conception · insemination · livestock
paternal
Of or from father
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- begetterOne who brings forth
- patriarchMale head of family
fatherhood · fatherly · paterfamilias · forefather · dad · papa · parent · begot · fathered · offspring
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
peerage · gentry · heraldry · dynasty · house · succession · heir · throne · monarch · lineage
- no siree
- no siree BobEmphatic informal negative