English Explanatory Dictionary

squire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
  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.
  5. A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  6. A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
  7. A term of address to a male equal.
  8. An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
  9. A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
verb
  1. To attend as a squire.
  2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
noun
  1. A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈskwaɪə/ /ˈskwaɪɚ/ en-us-squire.ogg

Word forms

squire squires squiring squired

Etymology

From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).

Synonyms

silver seabream Pagrus auratus escort

Derived words

apple-squire squarson squarsonage squiralty squirearchy squiredom squirefish squirehood squireless squirelet squirelike squireling squirely squire of dames squireship squiress squirish unsquire

Translations

Bulgarian: кавалер Danish: kavaler Finnish: seuralainen Finnish: kavaljeeri French: cavalier French: escorte French: sigisbée Hungarian: lovag Hungarian: gavallér Hungarian: udvarló Italian: cicisbeo Polish: kawaler Russian: кавале́р
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