1
: a shield bearer or armor bearer of a knight
2
a
: a male attendant especially on a great personage
b
: a man who devotedly attends a lady : gallant
3
a
: a member of the British gentry ranking below a knight and above a gentleman
b
: an owner of a country estate
especially
: the principal landowner in a village or district
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Examples of squire in a Sentence
Verb
her father squired her to the dance to make sure she got there all right
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 June 2024
Peter Claffey, a former rugby player and actor from Wreck, stars as Dunk, a squire who takes up the armor of his recently deceased hedge knight, plays himself off as Ser Duncan the Tall, and haphazardly tries to enter a tournament.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The teen idols squired Evert and Navratilova to a drive-in movie.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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Noun
The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin’s novella, also stars Dexter Sol Ansell (ITV’s Emmerdale) as Egg, Dunk’s bald young squire.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 June 2024
Peter Claffey, a former rugby player and actor from Wreck, stars as Dunk, a squire who takes up the armor of his recently deceased hedge knight, plays himself off as Ser Duncan the Tall, and haphazardly tries to enter a tournament.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024
Verb
The press corps fell back behind the circulation desk only after New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu, who was squiring Haley across the state all weekend, took the stage.
—Kyle Paoletta, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The teen idols squired Evert and Navratilova to a drive-in movie.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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“Squire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squire. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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squire
1 of 2 noun1
: one who carries the shield or armor of a knight
2
a
: a male servant
b
: a lady's escort
3
a
: an owner of a country estate
squire
2 of 2 verb
squired; squiring
: to attend as a squire or escort
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