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squireen
[ skwahy-reen ]
noun
- the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain.
squireen
/ ˈskwaɪəlɪŋ; skwaɪˈriːn /
noun
- rare.a petty squire
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Origin of squireen1
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Example Sentences
But the honest, well-to-do farmer had at once too much pride and sagacity to sink into the Squireen.
Squireen′, a gentleman farmer, one almost a squire; Squire′hood, the state or rank of a squire—also Squire′ship.
Since his marriage there was a great change in the rubicund squireen.
He had been christened Edmund, and he was a squireen of the Tipperary village of Knockbrit.
The class of squireen is nearly extinct: 'Joy be with them.'
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