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squire

  [skwahyuhr] ,noun, verb, squired, squir⋅ing.
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–noun
1. (in England) a country gentleman, esp. 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)
6. to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire.
7. to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME squier; aph. var. of esquire

Related forms:
squireless, adjective
squirelike, adjective
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squire   (skwīr)   
n.  
  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 judge or another local dignitary.
  4. 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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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