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Squire

Definition: Squire

Squire

Noun

1. Young nobleman attendant on a knight.

2. (British) an English country landowner.

3. A man who attends or escorts a woman.

Verb

1. Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "squire" was first used: sometime around 1225. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Squire

DomainDefinition

Health

Spontaneous alternate contraction and dilation of the pupil, indicative of basilar meningitis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Squire

Synonym: gallant (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Squire

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Aid

Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).

Nobility

Peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual; noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling; grandee, magnifico, hidalgo; daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku; don, donship; aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw; gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate.

Servant

Verb: serve; wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself upon; squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of; chore.

Attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy; train bearer, cup bearer; waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper; khansamah, khansaman; khitmutgar; yardman.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Squire

English words defined with "squire": armiger, armor-bearerDonzelSquier, squired, Squireen, Squirehood, squireling, Squirely, squiring. (references)
Specialty definitions using "squire": Ague-cheek, April Squire, AtinCoverleyGuadianaHackum, HudibrasIll OmensKnight of the CloakLong TailPublic-house SignsRoger, RopesSancho Panza, She Stoops to Conquer, SIR TIMOTHY, Squire of Dames. (references)
Etymologies containing "squire": Squireen. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Squire" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (squire), Manx (esquire, squire).

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Modern Usage: Squire

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Spoken like a faithful squire. (The Lost World; writing credit: Alison Lea Bingeman)

All right, you're a squire. How does a squire squire (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman)

I shall impersonate a man. His name is Alonso Quijana, a country squire no longer young (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman)

Lyrics

Seranade the weekend squire, who just came out to mow his lawn (Pleasant Valley Sunday; performing artist: The Monkees)

Movie/TV Titles

The Village Squire (1935)

Squire Phin (1922)

The Murder of Squire Jeffrey (1913)

It's Paul Squire PS (1983)

Esq. Paul Squire (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Squire

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 9, Episodes 17 & 18: Shore Leave/ The Squire of Gothos (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Squire

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Photo Album: Squire

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Reading Letter of Commendation from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to several members of the USS Squalus (SS-192) salvage unit, in his Navy Department offices, 16 September 1939. The others present are (from left to right): Commander Charles B. Momsen, USN; Chief Metalsmith J.H. McDonald, USN; Chief Torpedoman W.H. Squire, USN; Ship Fitter First Class H.H. Frye, USN; Torpedoman First Class J.W. Thompson, USN; Lieutenant Karl R. Wheland, USN; Commander Henry Hartly, USN, and Commander Allan R. McCann, USN. Credit: NAVY.

The war of Ormuzd and Ahriman in the 19th century / The modern Quixote and Squire Sancho. Credit: Library of Congress.

Illustrations of the adventures of the renowned Don Quixote & his doughty squire Sancho Panza. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bashiby Larkin & Squire Cash. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Squire
 

"Pickups" by Matt Williams
Commentary: "The pickups on a Squire bass guitar."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Squire

AuthorQuotation

Orson Squire Fowler

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Squire

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Ukraine

In May of 2001, GOU announced a consortium of three foreign companies: Squire, Sanders +ACY- Dempsey, Millen Financial Services, and BNP Paribas as the selected advisers in the privatization of Ukrtelecom. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Squire

"Squire" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.11% of the time. "Squire" is used about 304 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)67.11%20421,327
Noun (proper)32.89%10032,668
                    Total100.00%304N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Squire

The following table summarizes the usage of "squire" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SquireLast name1,0007,718
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Squire


1. Squire, WV
Zip Code(s): 24884
Country: USA

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Expressions: Squire

Expression using "squire": white squire. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "squire": Squire-bishop, squire-dominated.

Ending with "squire": All-right-squire, Apple-squire, body-squire, Hutton-squire.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Squire

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

squire

160

mark squire

11

billy squire

62

mickey squire

10

squire sander

60

creek squire

10

squire guitar

57

boone squire

10

squire sander dempsey

44

fender squire guitar

10

chris squire

35

country home squire

8

squire parson

34

cogswell squire

8

fender squire

33

squire strat

8

boone cavern squire

33

squire tennessee

8

country squire

29

fender strat squire

8

billy lyrics squire

26

club country creek squire

8

best western grand canyon squire inn

25

boone squire village

7

james squire

24

columbian squire

7

virginia squire

21

daniel jack squire tennessee

7

medieval squire

16

squire bass

7

grand canyon squire inn

15

susan squire

7

castle squire

15

rockford squire

7

john squire

14

slammer squire

6

ford country squire

14

squire stratocaster

6

chatham squire

14

billy lyrics squire stroke

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Squire

Language Translations for "squire"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shqytar (armor-bearer, armour bearer, esquire), pronar toke (freeholder, landholder, landowner, property owner), kështjellar. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مالك الأرض الرئيسي, ‏قاضي الصلح, ‏حامل الدروع, ‏حرس (escort, guard, guarding, lifeguard, patrol, safeguard, shepherd, ward, watch, watchdog), ‏المرافق (attendant, follower, squirearchy), ‏الإ قطاعي (feudal), ‏رافق سيدة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кавалер на дама (escort), галантен кавалер (gallant, spark), оръженосец (armor-bearer, armour bearer, esquire, henchman), мирови съдия (justice of the peace, magistrate, recorder), земевладелец (laird, landlord, landowner), придружавам (accompany, attend, convoy, escort, gallant, go with, punctuate, see, string along with, wait on). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

鄉紳 , 大地主 (Squires). (various references)

   

Czech

  

statkář (land-holder, landlord, landowner), zeman (laird, thane), venkovský šlechtic. (various references)

   

Danish

  

Squire's reagens (Squire reagent). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

chaperonneren (chaperon). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

akompani varte (chaperon). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ملاک عمده , همراهی کردن (Accompany, Companion), سلحشور (Knight, Rink, Warrior), عنوانی مثل اقا, ارباب (Boss, Esquire, Lord, Master, Overlord, Padrone). (various references)

   

French

  

chaperonner. (various references)

   

German

  

schildknappe (shield bearer), knappe (clipped speech, scarcely, varlet), kavalier (beau, cavalier, Galahad, gallant, gentleman), gutsherr (farmer, laird, lord of the manor), begleiten (accompany, attend, back, come with, convoy, escort, go with, see, to accompany, to squire). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συνοδόσ (chaperon, companion, escort, stewardess, usher), ιπποκόμος (groom), ειρηνοδίκησ (justice of the peace, magistrate), άρχων (archon, liege, Lord, sire, suzerain), άρχοντασ (grandee, liege, Lord, magistrate, magnate, master, sire, suzerain), ακόλουθοσ ιππότου, τσιφλικάσ (big landowner), τσιφλικάς. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשמש בן לויה, לשאת כלים, בן לויה (companion, escort, follower), בעל אחוזה (laird, landed gentleman, landlord, landowner), נושא כלים (adjutant, armour bearer, batman, commentary, disciple, henchman, right hand man). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

földesúr (laird, lord, seigneur), udvarló (admirer, beau, beaux, fella, feller, lover, philanderer, spark, suitor, Swain, wooer), pajzshordó (esquire), gavallér (beau, beaus, gallant, handsome, spark), fegyvernök (armor-bearer, armour bearer, esquire), békebíró (justice of peace, justice of the peace, magistrate on the commission). (various references)

   

Italian

  

possidente (laird, landowner, propertied). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

지주 (landholder, landowner, Squires). (various references)

   

Manx

  

squire (esquire), dooinney ooasle (dignitary, gentleman, nobleman), chiarn thallooin (ground landlord, landlord), armeyder (armourer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iresquay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

magistrado (beak, justice, justice of the peace, magistrate), juiz de paz, indivíduo galanteador, fidalgo rural, escudeiro (armiger, armour-bearer, esquire, henchman, page), escoltar (accompany, coddle, convoy, escort, follow, guard), acompanhar (accompany, accompanying, carry, chaperon, coddle, companion, consort, escort, follow, go along, go along with, keep up with, mark, marshal, pilot, see, take, walk one up). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

paj (boy in buttons, buttons, henchman, page, varlet), moşier (laird, landed proprietor, landlord, renter), cavaler (admirer, bachelor, beau, cavalier, escort, gallant, generous, gentleman, horseman, knight, paladin), însoţitor (accompanying, attendant, companion, concomitant, conductor, consort, mate, porter). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сквайр, сопровождать сквайр, оруженосец (armor-bearer, armour bearer, armour-bearer, sword-bearer), мировой судья (justice of the peace, magistrate). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

plemić (junker, nobleman, patrician, peer, thane), štitonoša (esquire). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

escudero (page, shield bearer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

väpnare (esquire), patron (cartridge, cartridge to a gun, master, shell), godsägare (country gentleman, estate owner, gentleman-farmer, laird, landowner, land-owner). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

toprak sahibi (laird, landed proprietor, landholder, landowner, the landed interest), refakât etmek (accompany, attend on smb., companion, consort, convoy, escort, wait on, wait upon), kavalyelik yapmak, kavalye (cavalier, companion, partner), köy ağası, bey (Ace, Bey, Don, esquire, gentleman, governor, Lord, Mister, Monsieur, mr, mr., Sahib, seigneur, the governor), avukatlık ünvanı. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сквайр, залицятися (court, gallant, gallivant, philander, sweetheart, wait upon, woo). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

điền chủ người đi hộ vệ, địa chủ (landholder, zemindar). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ysgwi%er. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Squire

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

armiger, armigeri, armigerum, scutum. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

scutarius. (various references)

Old French900-1400

esquier. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

esquier. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Squire

Derivations

Words beginning with "squire": squirearchies, squirearchy, squired, squireen, squireens, squires. (additional references)

Words ending with "squire": esquire. (additional references)

Words containing "squire": esquired, esquires. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Squire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aquire, Aquirre, equire, esquirer, Saquier, Saulire, sauoure, scire, sequor, shquare, Skyrme, sourie, sqiure, squear, squege, squere, squice, squie, squiert, squiet, squir, squiral, squirel, squiren, squirk, squirl, squirle, squite, squre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Squire"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "squire" (pronounced skwī"r)
4-k w ī" rinquire, quire, reacquire, require.
3-w ī" rwire.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Squire

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: quires, risque.

Words within the letters "e-i-q-r-s-u"

-1 letter: quire, sieur.

-2 letters: ires, reis, rise, rues, ruse, sire, suer, sure, user.

-3 letters: ers, ire, rei, res, rue, sei, ser, sir, sri, sue, suq, use.

-4 letters: er, es, is, re, si, us.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-q-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: cirques, esquire, queries, querist, quivers, requins, squired, squires.

 

+2 letters: acquires, aquifers, briquets, enquires, esquired, esquires, inquires, liqueurs, marquise, periques, piroques, quarries, queasier, queerish, queridas, queriers, querists, quieters, quilters, quippers, quipster, quitters, quizzers, reequips, reliques, requiems, requires, requites, sequitur, squinter, squireen, squirmed, squirmer, squirrel, squirted, squirter.

 

+3 letters: acquirers, aequorins, antiquers, beliquors, critiques, enquiries, equaliser, equerries, equippers, esquiring, inquirers, inquiries, marquises, pratiques, quagmires, quarriers, quartiles, quibblers, quinaries, quipsters, quirkiest, quitrents, quiverers, ramequins, requirers, requisite, requitals, requiters, sequiturs, sobriquet, squabbier, squalider, squallier, squashier, squattier, squeakier, squiffier, squinnier, squinters, squintier, squireens, squirmers, squirmier, squirrels, squirters, squishier, squushier, turquoise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Cities
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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