late Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. esquire (sense 2 of the noun) was the original denotation, esquire (sense 1 of the noun) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person.
squire | ˈskwī(ə)r |
noun
1 a man of high socialstandingwho owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area: the squire of Radbourne Hall | [as title] : Squire Hughes.
• British English informal used by a man as a friendly or humorous form of address to another man: sorry, squire, but I know my limitations.
• US English archaic a title given to a magistrate, lawyer, or judge in some rural districts.
2 historical a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself.
verb [with object]
(of a man) accompany or escort (a woman): she was squired around Rome by a reporter.
• dated (of a man) have a romantic relationship with (a woman): he was still squiring Doreen, his high-school sweetheart.
derivatives
squiredom | ˈskwī(ə)rdəm | noun
squireship | ˈskwī(ə)rˌSHip | noun
squirehood | ˈskwī(ə)rˌhood | noun
squirelet | ˈskwī(ə)rlət | noun
squireling | ˈskwī(ə)rliNG | noun
squirely | ˈskwī(ə)rlē | adjective
origin
Middle English (in squire (sense 2 of the noun)): shortening of Old French esquier ‘esquire’.
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esquire | ˈesˌkwīər, əˈskwī(ə)r |
noun
1 (Esquire; abbreviation Esq.) North American English a title appended to a lawyer's surname.
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