Squireen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skwaɪəˈɹiːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Squireen is a noun meaning (originally Ireland) A minor squire; a small landowner.
Meaning
(originally Ireland) A minor squire; a small landowner.
Example Sentences
About 1730 the poet and squireen Huw Hughes wrote to the great scholar Lewis Morris that all the defenders of the old language had gone to sleep.
Probably no other country could produce such a degraded type as the squireen or buckeen, the drunken, gambling, profligate descendant of the Cromwellian or Williamite settler.
By blending entertainment and instruction, the Spectator taught ease and affability to squireens and tradesmen with time on their hands, money in their pockets but little breeding.
Word Forms
- squireens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scullog, sireland, scullion, sorr, girsha, quill.
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