apple-squiren.

Brit.

/ˈaplskwʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈæpəlˌskwaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: see apple n. and squire n.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: apple n., squire n.

Etymology: Apparently < apple n. + squire n. The semantic motivation is unclear; perhaps compare metaphorical use of apple n. to refer to a woman's breasts. Compare later apron-squire n. at apron n. Compounds 1.

Now rare and archaic.

A male companion of a woman of ill-repute; spec. (a) a harlot's servant or personal attendant; (b) a ‘kept’ man, a gigolo; (c) a pimp.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp

putourc1390

panderc1450

mitchera1500

apple-squire?1536

squire of dames or ladies1590

apron-squire1593

bed-broker1594

pimp1600

pippin squire1600

petticoat-monger1605

smockster1608

underputter1608

broker-between1609

squire of the placket1611

squire1612

fleshmongera1616

cock bawd1632

whiskin1632

pimp-whiskin1638

bully1675

foot pimp1690

mutton-broker1694

pimp whisk1707

flash-man1789

panderer1826

bludger1856

whoremaster1864

mack1894

lover1904

jelly bean1905

procureur1910

P.I.1928

sweetback1929

sweet man1942

nookie-bookie1943

papasan1970

?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Diii ^v Applesquyers, entycers, and rauysshers.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. H^v Two pert Applesquires, The one had a Murrey Cloth gowne on.

1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 1158 Trusty Roger, her base apple-squire.

1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 64 Must I be baud vnto your base desire, And cloak your whordome like an Apple-squire?

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 48 See, see her cerus cheeke, made to delight Her apple-squire, or wanton Marmosite.

1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 89 Profane Puntilio, Buffon, Apple-squire, Blood-shedding Cain, that will do ought for hire.

1714 Poor Robin sig. C6 Whores, Pimps, Panders, and Apple squires.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (ed. 2) III. x. 295 Here's a fellow..talks about failing, as if he were a Barbican loose-kirtle trying to keep her apple-squire ashore!

1966 M. Lowry Ultramarine (rev. ed.) iv. 124 I was beaten out by that simpering chinless applesquire.

1999 C. Carson Fishing for Amber 58 Picture the roads and the inns thronged with..horse- leeches, idiots, apple-squires, broomsmen, bawds, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	apple-squire
释义	apple-squiren. Brit. /ˈaplskwʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈæpəlˌskwaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: see apple n. and squire n. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: apple n., squire n. Etymology: Apparently < apple n. + squire n. The semantic motivation is unclear; perhaps compare metaphorical use of apple n. to refer to a woman's breasts. Compare later apron-squire n. at apron n. Compounds 1. Now rare and archaic. A male companion of a woman of ill-repute; spec. (a) a harlot's servant or personal attendant; (b) a ‘kept’ man, a gigolo; (c) a pimp. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp putourc1390 panderc1450 mitchera1500 apple-squire?1536 squire of dames or ladies1590 apron-squire1593 bed-broker1594 pimp1600 pippin squire1600 petticoat-monger1605 smockster1608 underputter1608 broker-between1609 squire of the placket1611 squire1612 fleshmongera1616 cock bawd1632 whiskin1632 pimp-whiskin1638 bully1675 foot pimp1690 mutton-broker1694 pimp whisk1707 flash-man1789 panderer1826 bludger1856 whoremaster1864 mack1894 lover1904 jelly bean1905 procureur1910 P.I.1928 sweetback1929 sweet man1942 nookie-bookie1943 papasan1970 ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Diii ^v Applesquyers, entycers, and rauysshers. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. H^v Two pert Applesquires, The one had a Murrey Cloth gowne on. 1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 1158 Trusty Roger, her base apple-squire. 1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 64 Must I be baud vnto your base desire, And cloak your whordome like an Apple-squire? 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 48 See, see her cerus cheeke, made to delight Her apple-squire, or wanton Marmosite. 1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 89 Profane Puntilio, Buffon, Apple-squire, Blood-shedding Cain, that will do ought for hire. 1714 Poor Robin sig. C6 Whores, Pimps, Panders, and Apple squires. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (ed. 2) III. x. 295 Here's a fellow..talks about failing, as if he were a Barbican loose-kirtle trying to keep her apple-squire ashore! 1966 M. Lowry Ultramarine (rev. ed.) iv. 124 I was beaten out by that simpering chinless applesquire. 1999 C. Carson Fishing for Amber 58 Picture the roads and the inns thronged with..horse- leeches, idiots, apple-squires, broomsmen, bawds, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1536
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