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单词 squireling
释义

squire1 /skwīr/

noun
  1. An esquire, an aspirant to knighthood attending a knight (historical)
  2. A man who escorts or attends a lady
  3. An English or Irish landed gentleman, esp of old family
  4. A title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, etc (US)
  5. In some parts of Britain, a form of sometimes ironically respectful address
transitive verb

To escort or attend

ORIGIN: esquire

squireˈage or squirˈage noun

Landed gentry collectively (also squiralˈity or squirˈalty)

squireˈarch or squirˈarch noun

A member of the squirearchy

squirearchˈal, squirarchˈal, squirearchˈical or squirarchˈical adjective

squireˈarchy or squirˈarchy noun

  1. The rule of or government by squires
  2. Squires collectively and their social or political power

squireˈdom noun

squireenˈ noun (Ir dimin sfx -ín; Anglo-Irish)

A petty squire, a squireling

squireˈhood noun

squireˈlike or squireˈly adjective and adverb

squireˈling noun

A squire of small possessions

squireˈship noun

squirˈess noun

A squire's wife

squire of dames noun

A man who devotes himself to the ladies, from a character in Spenser (Faerie Queene III.7.53)

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