单词 | squire |
释义 | squire —squireless, adj. —squirelike, adj. /skwuyeur/, n. , v. , squired, squiring. n. 1. (in England) a country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district. 2. (in the Middle Ages) a young man of noble birth who as an aspirant to knighthood served a knight. 3. a personal attendant, as of a person of rank. 4. a man who accompanies or escorts a woman. 5. a title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, or other local dignitary of a rural district or small town. v.t. 6. to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire. 7. to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering. [1250-1300; ME squier; aph. var. of ESQUIRE] |
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