squire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈskwaɪə/    美 /ˈskwaɪɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
    — A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]
  2. A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure. obsolete
    — But temperaunce, said he, with golden squire, / Betwixt them both can measure out a meane.
  3. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire. error-lua-exec
  4. A male attendant on a great personage.
  5. A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period. historical
    — Third Suitor was Young Country Squire, well born, Perſon indifferent, Cloaths (fondly worn)[.]
  6. A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
  7. A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
  8. A term of address to a male equal. UK,colloquial
    — Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.
  9. An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
  10. A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
动词 v.
  1. To attend as a squire. transitive
  2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection. transitive
    — [O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition.

词形变化

squires plural squires present,singular,third-person squiring participle,present squired participle,past squired past squires plural

词汇关系

衍生词
apple-squire squarson squarsonage squiralty squirearchy squiredom squirefish squirehood squireless squirelet squirelike squireling squirely squire of dames squireship squiress squirish unsquire

词源

词源 1
From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).
词源 2
From Middle English squire, borrowed from Middle French esquierre (“rule, carpenter's square”), or from Old French esquire, another form of esquarre (“square”). Cognate with French équerre. Doublet of square.
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