squiressn.
/skwʌɪəˈrɛs/, /ˈskwʌɪərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈskwaɪ(ə)rəs/ A female squire; the wife of a squire or country gentleman. Frequently in 19th cent., esp. coupled with squire.
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squiress1823
1823 T. Moore Fables Holy Alliance 176 The Squires and their Squiresses all, With young Squirinas just come out.
1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 68 An attorney's wife who suddenly finds herself..the squiress and lady of the manor.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. 35 The squiress who was also the Lady-Bountiful of the village.
Derivatives
squiress v. rare. transitive with it, to play the squiress.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [verb (intransitive)] > play the squiress
squiress1786
1786 A. Seward Let. 25 Jan. (1811) I. 109 Your old acquaintance,..who married a Warwickshire squire,..squiresses it with much loquacious importance.
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