Squire

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  • noun. A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.
  • noun. An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.
  • noun. A magistrate or justice of the peace.
  • noun. A local dignitary.
  • noun. A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.
  • transitive verb. To attend as a squire; escort.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To attend and wait upon, as a squire his lord.
  • To attend, as a gentleman a lady; wait upon or attend upon in the manner of a squire; escort.
  • noun. The schnapper when two years old. See schnapper.
  • noun. An old form of square.
  • noun. An esquire; an attendant on a knight.
  • noun. A gentleman who attends upon a lady; an escort; a beau; a gallant.
  • noun. A person not noble nor a knight, but who has received a grant of arms.
  • noun. In England, a landed proprietor who is also justice of the peace: a term nearly equivalent to lord of the manor, as meaning the holder of most of the land in any neighborhood.
  • noun. In the United States, in country districts and towns, a justice of the peace, a local judge, or other local dignitary: chiefly used as a title.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A square; a measure; a rule.
  • noun. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  • noun. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
  • noun. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  • noun. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
  • transitive verb. To attend as a squire.
  • transitive verb. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
  • noun. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  • noun. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
  • noun. A male attendant on a great personage.
  • noun. A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  • noun. A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
  • verb. To attend as a squire
  • verb. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an English country landowner
  • noun. a man who attends or escorts a woman
  • verb. attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
  • noun. young nobleman attendant on a knight
  • Word Usage
    "They're nothing to him, just ants; the squire is another Harry Lime, moved back some generations and up a few rungs on the social ladder."
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    squired  squiring  
    Hypernym
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    Gire  Gyr  Tyre  admire  afire  
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    variant
    esquire  
    verb-form