SQUIRE
Dictionary entry overview: What does squire mean?
• SQUIRE (noun)
The noun SQUIRE has 3 senses:
1. young nobleman attendant on a knight
2. an English country landowner
3. a man who attends or escorts a woman
Familiarity information: SQUIRE used as a noun is uncommon.
• SQUIRE (verb)
The verb SQUIRE has 1 sense:
1. attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
Familiarity information: SQUIRE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SQUIRE (noun)
Meaning:
Young nobleman attendant on a knight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("squire" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squire"):
armiger; armor-bearer (a squire carrying the armor of a knight)
Meaning:
An English country landowner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("squire" is a kind of...):
landholder; landowner; property owner (a holder or proprietor of land)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Meaning:
A man who attends or escorts a woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gallant; squire
Hypernyms ("squire" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
• SQUIRE (verb)
Meaning:
Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "squire" is one way to...):
escort (accompany as an escort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
