SQUIRED

Verb

squired

simple past tense and past participle of squire

Source: Wiktionary


SQUIRE

Squire, n. Etym: [OF. esquierre, F. Ă©querre. See Square, n.]

Definition: A square; a measure; a rule. [Obs.] "With golden squire." Spenser.

Squire, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of esquire.]

1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

2. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire. [Eng.] "His privy knights and squires." Chaucer.

3. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

4. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.

Squire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. squired; p. pr. & vb. n. squiring.]

1. To attend as a squire. Chaucer.

2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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