squire

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.
3. A male attendant on a great personage.
4. (historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
5. A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
6. A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
7. (UK, colloquial) Term of address to a male equal.

Verb

1. (transitive) To attend as a squire.
2. (transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.

Concepts

écuyer

chaperonner

châtelain

seigneur

valet

majordome

escorte

cavalier

Synonymes

escort

gallant

accompany

henchman

suzerain

liege

lord

magistrate

companion

esquire

conduct

chaperon

laird

sire

landlord

landowner

magnate

master

nobleman

predispose

put

see

👀

servant

stewardess

usher

walk

🚶

youth

armor-bearer

armour-bearer

big landowner

Esquire

sword-bearer

dining companion

archon

aristocracy

armiger

attend

bodyguard

boy

👦

cavalier

chevalier

convoy

grandee

justice of the peace

knight

land

Traductions

escudero

escuder

scudiero

Schildknappe

Knappe

Edelknabe

escudeiro

schildknaap

cicisbeo

Kavalier

🤵‍♂️

Galan

chaperonneren

Landjunker

begleiten

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskwaɪə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).