squire

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To attend as a squire
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection
A male attendant on a great personage
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight
A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure

twelve foot and a half by the squire.

A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire
{n} a title, title of gentility, attendant
{v} to attend or wait on
{v} to wait upon, attend, conduct, lead
{i} country gentleman, landowner (in England); knight's attendant (in the Middle Ages); rural judge or prominent lawyer (in the USA); man who escorts a lady in public
See under Esquire
Wealthy merchant and landowner, often called "King of the Headland", with a monopoly on all trade and the right to determine all prices, etc in his fishing village (c 1830 – 1940)
A shield-bearer or armor- bearer who attended a knight
In former times, the squire of an English village was the man who owned most of the land in it
A male attendant on a great personage; also Colloq
an English country landowner young nobleman attendant on a knight a man who attends or escorts a woman attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
One who exchanges a pledge of fealty with a member of the Knightly peerages for special training They wear a belt Gules
A title of office and courtesy
Someone who has entered into a fealty based student relationship with a Companion of the Order of the Chivalry
attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
Apprentice knight responsible for the maintenance of the knight’s equipment and the care of his horses
a man who attends or escorts a woman
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady
A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau
A square; a measure; a rule
young nobleman attendant on a knight
A fighter who has been accepted as a student by a member of the Chivalry The relationship varies a great deal depending upon the personalities involved and on the customs of the Kingdom Since it results from a purely personal arrangement, the word "squire" is not a title of rank Some squires wear red belts in token of the association -- a custom which is prevalent in some Kingdoms and relatively rare in others
an English country landowner
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman
{f} chaperone a woman, escort a woman
squire of the pad
highway robber
squir
To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost
squired
past of squire
squirely
Becoming a squire; like a squire
squires
third-person singular of squire
squires
plural of , squire
squiring
present participle of squire
white squire
a white knight that buys less than a majority interest
white squire
An investor sympathetic to management who holds a large block of stock in a company that is or could be subject to a takeover unwanted by the management
squire
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