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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
vocative [Lat.,=calling], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Latin), the case referring to a person addressed. In English a special intonation expresses the vocative, as in Look, Jack. Author not available, VOCATIVE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
vocative
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ... adj. relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages, used in addressing or invoking a person or thing. • n. a word in the vocative case. ∎  ( the vocative ) the vocative case. Read more
sire
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology sire †as a prefixed title or a vocative; †master, sovereign; (arch.) father XIII; male parent of a quadruped XVI. — (O)F. :- * sieire :- Rom. * seior , for L. senior SENIOR . Read more

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