'Squire' definitions:
Definition of 'squire'
(from WordNet)
noun
Young nobleman attendant on a knight
noun
An English country landowner
noun
A man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire, gallant]
verb
Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
Definition of 'Squire'
From: GCIDE
- Squire \Squire\ (skw[imac]r), n. [OF. esquierre, F. ['e]querre. See Square, n.] A square; a measure; a rule. [Obs.] "With golden squire." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Squire'
From: GCIDE
- Squire \Squire\, n. [Aphetic form of esquire.]
- 1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire. [Eng.] "His privy knights and squires." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Squire'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'squire'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompany,
- address,
- airline hostess,
- airline stewardess,
- amoroso,
- archduke,
- aristocrat,
- armiger,
- attend,
- attendant,
- baron,
- baronet,
- batman,
- beau,
- bellboy,
- bellhop,
- bellman,
- beneficiary,
- blue blood,
- bodyguard,
- bootblack,
- boots,
- boyfriend,
- Brahman,
- caballero,
- cabin boy,
- caddie,
- Casanova,
- cavalier,
- cavaliere servente,
- cestui,
- cestui que trust,
- cestui que use,
- chaperon,
- chase,
- chore boy,
- companion,
- conduct,
- conductor,
- convoy,
- copyboy,
- count,
- court,
- cupbearer,
- daimio,
- deedholder,
- Don Juan,
- duenna,
- duke,
- earl,
- errand boy,
- errand girl,
- escort,
- esquire,
- fellow,
- fellow traveler,
- feoffee,
- feudatory,
- flame,
- follow,
- footboy,
- gallant,
- Ganymede,
- gentleman,
- gigolo,
- go with,
- gofer,
- grand duke,
- grandee,
- guard,
- guide,
- Hebe,
- hidalgo,
- hostess,
- householder,
- inamorato,
- lace-curtain,
- lady-killer,
- laird,
- landgrave,
- landholder,
- landlady,
- landlord,
- landowner,
- lay siege to,
- lead,
- lord,
- lordling,
- Lothario,
- love-maker,
- magnate,
- magnifico,
- make suit to,
- man,
- margrave,
- marquis,
- marshal,
- master,
- mesne,
- mesne lord,
- mistress,
- necker,
- noble,
- nobleman,
- office boy,
- office girl,
- old man,
- optimate,
- orderly,
- owner,
- page,
- palsgrave,
- patrician,
- pay attention to,
- pay court to,
- peer,
- petter,
- philanderer,
- proprietary,
- proprietor,
- proprietress,
- proprietrix,
- pursue,
- rentier,
- Romeo,
- safe-conduct,
- seducer,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- serenade,
- sheik,
- shepherd,
- silk-stocking,
- spark,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- sue,
- sugar daddy,
- swain,
- sweetheart,
- swell,
- take,
- take out,
- tender,
- thoroughbred,
- titleholder,
- trainbearer,
- upper-cruster,
- usher,
- viscount,
- wait on,
- waldgrave,
- woo,
- yeoman,
- young man