squire

IPA: skwˈaɪr

noun

  • A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  • A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
  • A male attendant on a great personage.
  • (historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
  • A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  • A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
  • (UK, colloquial) Term of address to a male equal.
  • (obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
  • A surname originating as an occupation.

verb

  • (transitive) To attend as a squire.
  • (transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
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Examples of "squire" in Sentences

  • If the squire owned the living i.e.
  • It never had a rectory or a squire.
  • As such the village never had a squire.
  • Master and apprentice, knight and squire.
  • Squire was the main writer for the group.
  • Then appears a phantom of a cruel squire.
  • A squire becomes involved in local politics.
  • The mascot is a squire on the path to knighthood.
  • Cherub wounds the Squire, and then forces the Doctor to confess the rhyme.
  • The squire and Dorcas continue to plot together in the attempt to woo Sally.
  • Sancho the trusty albeit sarcastic squire is one of the best characters in literature and is reason enough to read this tome.
  • 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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