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Subject: [NJGLOUCE] squire definition
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 17:54:11 -0000

squire

(skwIur),
-n., v., squired, squir.ing.

-n.
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.

-v.t.
1. to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire.
2. to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering.

es.quire

(es'kwIur, e.skwIur'),
-n., v., -quired, -quir.ing.

-n.
1. (cap.) an unofficial title of respect, having no precise significance, sometimes placed, esp. in its abbreviated form, after a man's surname in formal written address: in the U.S., usually applied to lawyers, women as well as men; in Britain, applied to a commoner considered to have gained the social position of a gentleman. Abbr.: Esq.
2. squire (def. 2).
3. a man belonging to the order of English gentry ranking next below a knight.
4. Archaic.squire (def. 1).

-v.t.
1. to raise to the rank of esquire.
2. to address as "Esquire."
3. to escort or attend in public.

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