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Squire Very Common

Squire has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

young nobleman attendant on a knight

"The young squire diligently polished his lord's armor before the tournament began."

2

an English country landowner

"The squire invited all the tenants to his hall for a feast celebrating the harvest."

3

a man who attends or escorts a woman

"During the royal wedding, the squire walked ahead of the bride to clear the path and handle her train."

4

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

"The old squire was used to check if the wooden beams were cut at perfect right angles before they were installed in the roof."

5

A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

Verb
1

attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

"After years of traveling and fighting alongside his lord, the young knight finally returned home to resume his duties as a squire."

2

To attend as a squire.

"After years of training, he finally rode into the tournament as his lord's personal squire to carry his armor and tend to his horse."

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from occupations​.

"The local history book lists several families who adopted Squire as a surname to honor their ancestors' work as knights' attendants."

See Also
beau squiredom esquire aphetism squirelike squireen junker knight
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
attendant landowner escort
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
armiger
Rhyming Words
ire aire sire lire dire gire cire pire mire tire vire eire wire hire fire geire noire swire twire adire
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