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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squire /skwaɪr/USA pronunciation n., v., squired, squir•ing. n. [countable] - World History(in England) a country gentleman.
- World Historya young man of noble birth who served a knight.
v. [~ + object] - to escort as, or as if, a squire:He squired a beautiful woman to the ball.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squire (skwīər),USA pronunciation n., v., squired, squir•ing.
n. - World History(in England) a country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- World History(in the Middle Ages) a young man of noble birth who as an aspirant to knighthood served a knight.
- a personal attendant, as of a person of rank.
- a man who accompanies or escorts a woman.
- World Historya title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, or other local dignitary of a rural district or small town.
v.t. - to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire.
- to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering.
- 1250–1300; Middle English squier; aphetic variant of esquire
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squire /skwaɪə/ n - a country gentleman in England, esp the main landowner in a rural community
- a young man of noble birth, who attended upon a knight
- rare a man who courts or escorts a woman
- informal chiefly Brit a term of address used by one man to another, esp, unless ironic, to a member of a higher social class
vb - (transitive) (of a man) to escort (a woman)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French esquier; see esquire |