Definition of "yessir" []

• Used to express assent, especially to a superior. (interjection)

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• "Forewarned by the lecture to that poor, hapless farm woman, Robin let Jonny do all the talking, which he did in very slow monosyllables, constantly pulling on his forelock, and mumbling "yessir" and "nossir.""
• "The Captain had heard my "yessir" but he must have noticed something else in my eyes because he leaned for­ward, rested his weight on the fence, and brought his face close to mine."
• "My father's father, Ellis Allen, a Louisiana man of many talents, could only find work in Oakland as a waiter on the Pullman trains, a subservient position barely a step up from the old Black man-servants of slaverytimes, where the "yessir" and tip of the cap were mandatory job skills."