What does squire mean?
Squire means A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight..
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/ˈskwaɪə/ · noun
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight..
A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]
Third Suitor was Young Country Squire, well born, Perſon indifferent, Cloaths (fondly worn)[.]
Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.
[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition.
Perceiving, however, that I had on my best wig, she offered, if I would ’squire her there, to send home the footman.
To man a lady was, in former times, a phrase similar to the vulgar one at present in use, to squire.
Yes, such a thing as thou wouldst make of me should wear a book at his girdle instead of a poniard, and might just be suspected of manhood enough to squire a proud dame-citizen to the lecture at Saint Antonlin’s, and quarrel in her cause with any flat-capped threadmaker that would take the wall of her.
And raising good cotton, riding well, shooting straight, dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with elegance and carrying one’s liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered.
Use squire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Squire means A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight..
Common synonyms include silver seabream, Pagrus auratus, escort, gallant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]
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