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squire
UK /ˈskwaɪə/ US /ˈskwaɪɚ/
noun 6verb 2name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
faithful, golden, observed, whole, young
VERB + SQUIRE
know, use
SQUIRE + NOUN
betwixt, lover, panza, sancho, you're
PREP.
in, per, with
ADV.
marvellously, marvelously
Definitions
noun
1
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]
2
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
3
A male attendant on a great personage.
4
A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
Third Suitor was Young Country Squire, well born, Perſon indifferent, Cloaths (fondly worn)[.]
5
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
verb
1
To attend as a squire.
2
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition.
Perceiving, however, that I had on my best wig, she offered, if I would ’squire her there, to send home the footman.
noun
1
A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
But temperaunce, said he, with golden squire, / Betwixt them both can measure out a meane.
do not you know my lady's foot by the squire.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a man who attends or escorts a woman
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]
Wiktionary02
Third Suitor was Young Country Squire, well born, Perſon indifferent, Cloaths (fondly worn)[.]
Wiktionary03
[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment
Wiktionary04
Perceiving, however, that I had on my best wig, she offered, if I would ’squire her there, to send home the footman.
Wiktionary05
To man a lady was, in former times, a phrase similar to the vulgar one at present in use, to squire.
Wiktionary06
But temperaunce, said he, with golden squire, / Betwixt them both can measure out a meane.
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