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squire
(encz) | squire,statkář Zdeněk Brož |
squire
(encz) | squire,zeman n: Zdeněk Brož |
Squire
(gcide) | Squire \Squire\ (skw[imac]r), n. [OF. esquierre, F. ['e]querre.
See Square, n.]
A square; a measure; a rule. [Obs.] "With golden squire."
--Spenser.
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Squire
(gcide) | Squire \Squire\, n. [Aphetic form of esquire.]
1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
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2. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above
gentleman. See Esquire. [Eng.] "His privy knights and
squires." --Chaucer.
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3. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a
devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
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4. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
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Squire
(gcide) | Squire \Squire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. squired (skw[imac]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. squiring.]
1. To attend as a squire. --Chaucer.
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2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection;
as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] --Goldsmith.
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squire
(wn) | squire
n 1: young nobleman attendant on a knight
2: an English country landowner
3: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire,
gallant]
v 1: attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire |
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esquire
(encz) | esquire,vážený pan Zdeněk Brož |
squirearchy
(encz) | squirearchy,velkostatkáři n: Zdeněk Brožsquirearchy,venkovská šlechta n: Zdeněk Brož |
squirelly
(encz) | squirelly,bláznivý Martin M.squirelly,šáhlý Martin M. |
white squire
(encz) | white squire, n: |
Apple-squire
(gcide) | Apple-squire \Ap"ple-squire`\, n.
A pimp; a kept gallant. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Esquire
(gcide) | Esquire \Es*quire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Esquired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Esquiring.]
To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
[Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Esquire \Es*quire"\, n. [OF. escuyer, escuier, properly, a
shield-bearer, F. ['e]cuyer shield-bearer, armor-bearer,
squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman, LL.
scutarius shield-bearer, fr. L. scutum shield, akin to Gr. ?
skin, hide, from a root meaning to cover; prob. akin to E.
hide to cover. See Hide to cover, and cf. Equerry,
Escutcheon.]
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on
a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree
below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and
courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.
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Note: In England, the title of esquire belongs by right of
birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest
sons in perpetual succession; to the eldest sons of
younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in
perpetual succession. It is also given to sheriffs, to
justices of the peace while in commission, to those who
bear special office in the royal household, to
counselors at law, bachelors of divinity, law, or
physic, and to others. In the United States the title
is commonly given in courtesy to lawyers and justices
of the peace, and is often used in the superscription
of letters instead of Mr.
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Esquired
(gcide) | Esquire \Es*quire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Esquired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Esquiring.]
To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
[Colloq.]
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Squire
(gcide) | Squire \Squire\ (skw[imac]r), n. [OF. esquierre, F. ['e]querre.
See Square, n.]
A square; a measure; a rule. [Obs.] "With golden squire."
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Squire \Squire\, n. [Aphetic form of esquire.]
1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
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2. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above
gentleman. See Esquire. [Eng.] "His privy knights and
squires." --Chaucer.
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3. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a
devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
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4. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
[1913 Webster]Squire \Squire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. squired (skw[imac]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. squiring.]
1. To attend as a squire. --Chaucer.
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2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection;
as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] --Goldsmith.
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squirearchy
(gcide) | Squirarchy \Squir"arch*y\ (-[y^]), n. [Squire + -archy.]
The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
[Written also squirearchy.]
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squired
(gcide) | Squire \Squire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. squired (skw[imac]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. squiring.]
1. To attend as a squire. --Chaucer.
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2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection;
as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] --Goldsmith.
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Squireen
(gcide) | Squireen \Squir*een"\ (skw[imac]r*[=e]n"), n.
One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.
[Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
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Squirehood
(gcide) | Squirehood \Squire"hood\ (skw[imac]r"h[oo^]d), n.
The rank or state of a squire; squireship. --Swift.
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squireling
(gcide) | squireling \squire"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n.
A petty squire. --Tennyson.
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Squirely
(gcide) | Squirely \Squire"ly\, a. & adv.
Becoming a squire; like a squire.
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squireship
(gcide) | squireship \squire"ship\, n.
Squirehood.
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Unsquire
(gcide) | Unsquire \Un*squire"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + squire.]
To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. --Swift.
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esquire
(wn) | esquire
n 1: (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a
candidate for knighthood
2: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking
just below a knight; placed after the name [syn: Esquire,
Esq] |
squirearchy
(wn) | squirearchy
n 1: the gentry who own land (considered as a class) [syn:
landed gentry, squirearchy] |
white squire
(wn) | white squire
n 1: a white knight that buys less than a majority interest |
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