sirelessadj.
/ˈsʌɪəlɪs/ Having no sire; fatherless.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > having (specific) parents > having a father > fatherless
fatherlessOE
unfathereda1586
sireless1605
dadless1606
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 290 The beast is lust-lesse, sex-lesse, sire-lesse, mute.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Triumph of Faith in tr. Deuine Weekes & Wks. 569 That Mother-Maide, Who Sier-les bore her Sire, yet euer-Maid.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 21 The sullen midnight tempest roars; Loud o'er my sireless Dome it wildly howls.
1814 Ld. Byron Addr. Caledonian Meeting 20 The sireless offspring and the lonely spouse.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 124 Them sireless see in dire starvation's gripe.
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