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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
squire \squire\, v. t. imp. p. p. squired skwimacrd; p.
pr. vb. n. squiring.
1. to attend as a squire. --chaucer.
1913 webster
2. to attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection;
as, to squire a lady. colloq. --goldsmith.
1913 webster
see also:
squired squiring
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
squire \squire\ skwimacr, n. of. esquierre, f. 'equerre.
see square, n.
a square; a measure; a rule. obs. "with golden squire."
--spenser.
1913 webster
see also:
square
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
squire \squire\, n. aphetic form of esquire.
1. a shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
1913 webster
2. a title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above
gentleman. see esquire. eng. "his privy knights and
squires." --chaucer.
1913 webster
3. a male attendant on a great personage; also colloq., a
devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
1913 webster
4. a title of office and courtesy. see under esquire.
1913 webster
see also:
esquire
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
squire
n 1: young nobleman attendant on a knight
2: an english country landowner
3: a man who attends or escorts a woman syn: gallant
v : attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
see also:
gallant
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
155 moby thesaurus words for "squire":
brahman, casanova, don juan, ganymede, hebe, lothario, romeo,
accompany, address, airline hostess, airline stewardess, amoroso,
archduke, aristocrat, armiger, attend, attendant, baron, baronet,
batman, beau, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, beneficiary, blue blood,
bodyguard, bootblack, boots, boyfriend, caballero, cabin boy,
caddie, cavalier, cavaliere servente, cestui, cestui que trust,
cestui que use, chaperon, chase, chore boy, companion, conduct,
conductor, convoy, copyboy, count, court, cupbearer, daimio,
deedholder, duenna, duke, earl, errand boy, errand girl, escort,
esquire, fellow, fellow traveler, feoffee, feudatory, flame,
follow, footboy, gallant, gentleman, gigolo, go with, gofer,
grand duke, grandee, guard, guide, hidalgo, hostess, householder,
inamorato, lace-curtain, lady-killer, laird, landgrave, landholder,
landlady, landlord, landowner, lay siege to, lead, lord, lordling,
love-maker, magnate, magnifico, make suit to, man, margrave,
marquis, marshal, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, necker,
noble, nobleman, office boy, office girl, old man, optimate,
orderly, owner, page, palsgrave, patrician, pay attention to,
pay court to, peer, petter, philanderer, proprietary, proprietor,
proprietress, proprietrix, pursue, rentier, safe-conduct, seducer,
seigneur, seignior, serenade, sheik, shepherd, silk-stocking,
spark, steward, stewardess, sue, sugar daddy, swain, sweetheart,
swell, take, take out, tender, thoroughbred, titleholder,
trainbearer, upper-cruster, usher, viscount, wait on, waldgrave,
woo, yeoman, young man
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
squire, wv
zip codes: 24884
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