Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sirrah"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sirrah \Sir"rah\, n. [Probably from Icel. s[=i]ra, fr. F. sire.
See {Sir}.]
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger,
contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed
to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies
often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural. ``Ah, sirrah
mistress.''
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sirrah
n : formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man
or boy; often used in anger
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