squire
skwahyr
- n young nobleman attendant on a knight
- n an English country landowner
- n a man who attends or escorts a woman
- v attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
- I began my career as a country squire with nothing but a high heart, a flask of citronella, and a fork for toasting marshmallows in case supplies ran low.
- In 1934 Editor Squire (knighted the year before) retired to live the life of a squire in fact.
- The squire, writes Trumbull, is so perceptive that "not only saw he all that was, But much that never came to pass," adding slyly that the squire's "reasoning toil Would often .