noun · rare

squire

squire · squires

кавалер, господин, оруженосец, помещик

Knappe, Kavalier, Liebhaber, Schildknecht

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knightA shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

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UK/ˈskwaɪə/US/ˈskwaɪɚ/

» The squire observed the whole spectacle with astonishment.

Meaning

10 senses

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
Schildknappe, Knappe, Edelknecht
оружено́сецoruženósec
(error lua exec)A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
Kavalier
сквайрskvajr, эсква́йрeskvájr, поме́щикpoméščik
A male attendant on a great personage.
Galan
камерди́нерkamerdíner
(historical)A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
an English country landowner
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
Verehrer, Liebhaber, Kavalier
кавале́рkavalér
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
господи́нgospodín
(UK, colloquial)A term of address to a male equal.
An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
(obsolete)A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

Examples

8 sentences

The squire observed the whole spectacle with astonishment.
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Some good news: it was the knight with his squire.
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Pardon me, squire, but you're starting to get on my nerves!
deMit Verlaub – Sie fangen an, mir auf den Senkel zu gehen, mein Herr!
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Tom is a squire.
deTom ist Schildknappe.
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John practised for some time as a barrister, but had finally settled down to the more congenial life of a country squire.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

armor-bearer who attended a knight:

title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman; esquire:

male attendant on a great personage:

title of office and courtesy:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

armor-bearer who attended a knight:

title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman; esquire:

male attendant on a great personage:

male follower of a lady:

Origin

From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer

From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).

From Middle English squire, borrowed from Middle French esquierre (“rule, carpenter's square”), or from Old French esquire, another form of esquarre (“square”). Cognate with French équerre. Doublet of square.

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