Squire (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. (in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
  2. (in the Middle Ages) a young man of noble birth who as an aspirant to knighthood served a knight.
  3. a personal attendant, as of a person of rank.
  4. a man who accompanies or escorts a woman.
  5. a title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, or other local dignitary of a rural district or small town.
verb (used with object), squired, squir·ing.
  1. to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire.
  2. to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering.
noun
  1. a country gentleman in England, esp the main landowner in a rural community
  2. a young man of noble birth, who attended upon a knight
  3. a man who courts or escorts a woman
  4. a term of address used by one man to another, esp, unless ironic, to a member of a higher social class
  5. an immature snapper
verb
  1. (of a man) to escort (a woman)
Squire (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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