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squire

Pronunciation: /skwʌɪə/
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Definition of squire

noun

  • 1a man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area:the squire of Radbourne Hall [as title]:Squire Trelawny
  • British informal used by a man as a friendly or humorous form of address to another man: sorry, squire, but I know my limitations
  • US archaic a title given to a magistrate, lawyer, or judge in some rural districts.
  • 2 historical a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself.
  • 3Australian a subadult snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus).

verb

[with object]
  • (of a man) accompany or escort (a woman):she was squired around Rome by a reporter
  • dated (of a man) have a romantic relationship with (a woman): he was still squiring Doreen, his high-school sweetheart

Derivatives

squiredom

noun

squireship

noun

Origin:

Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun): shortening of Old French esquier 'esquire'

squire in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of squire in the US English dictionary
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