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squire

(skwīr)

1. A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.

2. An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.

3. A magistrate or justice of the peace.

4. A local dignitary.

5. A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.

tr.v. squired, squir·ing, squires

To attend as a squire; escort.

[Middle English squier, from Old French esquier; see esquire.]

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squire

(skwaɪə)

1. (Sociology) a country gentleman in England, esp the main landowner in a rural community

2. (Historical Terms) feudal history a young man of noble birth, who attended upon a knight

3. rare a man who courts or escorts a woman

4. informal chiefly Brit a term of address used by one man to another, esp, unless ironic, to a member of a higher social class

5. (Animals) Austral an immature snapper. See snapper²

(tr) (of a man) to escort (a woman)

[C13: from Old French esquier; see esquire]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

squire

(skwaɪ^ər)

n., v. squired, squir•ing. n.

1. (in England) a country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district.

2. 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.

v.t.

6. to attend or escort as, or in the manner of, a squire.

[1250–1300; Middle English squier; aph. variant of esquire]

squire′less, adj.

squire

Past participle: squired
Gerund: squiring

Imperative
squire
squire

Present
I squire
you squire
he/she/it squires
we squire
you squire
they squire

Preterite
I squired
you squired
he/she/it squired
we squired
you squired
they squired

Present Continuous
I am squiring
you are squiring
he/she/it is squiring
we are squiring
you are squiring
they are squiring

Present Perfect
I have squired
you have squired
he/she/it has squired
we have squired
you have squired
they have squired

Past Continuous
I was squiring
you were squiring
he/she/it was squiring
we were squiring
you were squiring
they were squiring

Past Perfect
I had squired
you had squired
he/she/it had squired
we had squired
you had squired
they had squired

Future
I will squire
you will squire
he/she/it will squire
we will squire
you will squire
they will squire

Future Perfect
I will have squired
you will have squired
he/she/it will have squired
we will have squired
you will have squired
they will have squired

Future Continuous
I will be squiring
you will be squiring
he/she/it will be squiring
we will be squiring
you will be squiring
they will be squiring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been squiring
you have been squiring
he/she/it has been squiring
we have been squiring
you have been squiring
they have been squiring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been squiring
you will have been squiring
he/she/it will have been squiring
we will have been squiring
you will have been squiring
they will have been squiring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been squiring
you had been squiring
he/she/it had been squiring
we had been squiring
you had been squiring
they had been squiring

Conditional
I would squire
you would squire
he/she/it would squire
we would squire
you would squire
they would squire

Past Conditional
I would have squired
you would have squired
he/she/it would have squired
we would have squired
you would have squired
they would have squired

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Noun	1.	squire - young nobleman attendant on a knight armiger, armor-bearer - a squire carrying the armor of a knight attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
	2.	squire - an English country landowner Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom landholder, landowner, property owner - a holder or proprietor of land
	3.	squire - a man who attends or escorts a woman gallant attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Verb	1.	squire - attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire escort - accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"

Translations

Edelknabe Galan Kavalier KnappeSchildknappe

escudero

aseenkantajakavaljeeriseuralainen

cavalier chaperonner châtelain écuyer équerre

armigero campagna castellano cicisbeo di

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squire

[ˈskwaɪəʳ]

A. N (o.f.) (= landowner) → terrateniente m, hacendado m (LAm), estanciero m (LAm) (Hist) (= knight's attendant) → escudero m; (= lady's escort) → galán m, acompañante m
the squire (in relation to villagers etc) → el señor
the squire of Ambridge → el señor de Ambridge, el mayor terrateniente de Ambridge
yes, squire! (Brit) → ¡sí, jefe!
which way, squire? → ¿por dónde, caballero?

B. VT [+ lady] → acompañar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

squire

[ˈskwaɪə^r] n (British) (= landowner) → propriétaire m terrien

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

squire

(esp Brit: = landowner) → Gutsherr m, → ˜ Junker m (Hist); right, squire (Brit inf) → jawohl, der Herr (dated), → in Ordnung, Chef (inf); the squire of the manor → der Herr des Gutes

(Hist, = knight’s attendant) → Knappe m

(dated, = escort) → Kavalier m (dated)

vt (dated) → begleiten, eskortieren (dated)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

squire

[ˈskwaɪəʳ] n (old) (landowner) → possidente m

References in classic literature ?

No, she said, he had come home in the afternoon but had gone up to the hall to dine and pass the evening with the squire.

The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library, all lined with bookcases and busts upon the top of them, where the squire and Dr.

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'Have you come to apologise?' asked the Squire, sternly.

'You are cruel,' said the Squire. He was right, he was a broken man.

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"As empty as an English squire, coz," cried the first speaker.

"How are we to take this, sir?" asked the ruffling squire.

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"All that," said he of the Grove, "may be endured and put up with when we have hopes of reward; for, unless the knight-errant he serves is excessively unlucky, after a few turns the squire will at least find himself rewarded with a fine government of some island or some fair county."

"Your master," said Sancho, "no doubt is a knight in the Church line, and can bestow rewards of that sort on his good squire; but mine is only a layman; though I remember some clever, but, to my mind, designing people, strove to persuade him to try and become an archbishop.

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The higgler to whom the hare was sold, being unfortunately taken many months after with a quantity of game upon him, was obliged to make his peace with the squire, by becoming evidence against some poacher.

He had so greatly recommended himself to that gentleman, by leaping over five-barred gates, and by other acts of sportsmanship, that the squire had declared Tom would certainly make a great man if he had but sufficient encouragement.

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For the Squire's wife had died long ago, and the Red House was without that presence of the wife and mother which is the fountain of wholesome love and fear in parlour and kitchen; and this helped to account not only for there being more profusion than finished excellence in the holiday provisions, but also for the frequency with which the proud Squire condescended to preside in the parlour of the Rainbow rather than under the shadow of his own dark wainscot; perhaps, also, for the fact that his sons had turned out rather ill.

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Poyser's thoughts immediately reverted to him when, a day or two afterwards, as she was standing at the house- door with her knitting, in that eager leisure which came to her when the afternoon cleaning was done, she saw the old squire enter the yard on his black pony, followed by John the groom.

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