Squire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.
  • n. An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.
  • n. A judge or another local dignitary.
  • n. A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.
  • v. To attend as a squire; escort.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  • n. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
  • n. A male attendant on a great personage.
  • n. A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  • n. A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
  • v. To attend as a squire
  • v. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection
  • n. A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A square; a measure; a rule.
  • n. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  • n. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
  • n. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  • n. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
  • v. To attend as a squire.
  • v. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An esquire; an attendant on a knight.
  • n. A gentleman who attends upon a lady; an escort; a beau; a gallant.
  • n. A person not noble nor a knight, but who has received a grant of arms.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • 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.
  • n. An old form of square.
  • n. The schnapper when two years old. See schnapper.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an English country landowner
  • n. a man who attends or escorts a woman
  • v. attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
  • n. young nobleman attendant on a knight
  • Verb Form
    squired    squires    squiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    landowner    property owner    landholder    attendant    tender    attender    escort   
    Variant
    esquire   
    Form
    squired    squiring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    square    measure    rule    beau    escort   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gire    Gyr    Tyre    admire    afire    aspire    dire    expire    fire    gire   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nobleman    baron    knight    clergyman    farmer    lord    priest    uncle    courtier    peasant