Usually means: Affirmative response showing respect, agreement.
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▸ noun:  (Isle of Man, colloquial) Term of address to a male; mate; buddy.

Similar:
mate, my man, shipmate, my dear fellow, champ, my boy, old man, fellow-me-lad, dude, brother, more...

Opposite:
nosir, no ma'am, no sirree

Types:
affirmative, agreed, all right, aye, certainly, definitely, fine, good, great, indeed, more...



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Similar:
mate, my man, shipmate, my dear fellow, champ, my boy, old man, fellow-me-lad, dude, brother, more...

Opposite:
nosir, no ma'am, no sirree

Types:
affirmative, agreed, all right, aye, certainly, definitely, fine, good, great, indeed, more...



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