squireshipn.
/ˈskwʌɪəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈskwaɪ(ə)rˌʃɪp/ 1.
a. The state, position, or dignity of a squire or esquire; squirehood.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > squire or laird > state of being a squire
squireship1614
squiredom1650
squirehooda1680
squirism1819
squirearchy1854
squiralty1888
1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widow (5th impr.) sig. F2v Then he begins to sticke his letters in his Ground chamber window; that so the superscription may make his Squireship transparent.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. iv. xxv What profit hast thou reaped by this thy Squireship?
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. iii. 62 I had only a mind to convince you of your Squireship.
1730 J. Swift Let. to Certain Esquire 3 Jan. in Wks. (1765) VIII. ii. 75 By the terror of Squireship, frighting my agent to take what you graciously thought fit to give.
1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 279 Is not this enough to sicken us of Squireship.
1868 S. Lanier Jacquerie in Poems ii. 137 Thou art first Squire to that most puissant knight, Lord Satan, who thy faithful squireship long Hath watched.
b. The estate of a squire.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned or occupied by specific class of person
cotlanda1150
knighttec1380
lairdship1397
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marchionatc1449
pittancery1519
marquesya1525
marquisdom1530
marquisatea1544
peership1594
peerdom1611
vavasory1611
thane-landa1641
marquisshipa1680
starosty1681
freedom1752
peerage1759
pollam1765
senatory1804
squireship1824
majorat1827
dukery1837
patroonship1848
squatment1860
1824 R. Pollok in D. Pollok Life 236 He was more like an heir to a country squireship than a student in theology.
2. The personality of a squire. Chiefly with possessive pronouns.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > squire or laird > personality of
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a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 297 When mighty Squireships o' the Quorum, Their hydra drouth did sloken.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 17 And now, Buncle,..your valiant squireship knows your charge.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 6/1 The waggonette of Squire Calthorpe..is driven up, bearing his squireship's butler, gardener, and groom.
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