squire

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

escudero

escuder

Schildknappe

scudiero

Knappe

escudeiro

écuyer

Galan

Kavalier

🤵‍♂️

chaperonneren

schildknaap

Edelknabe

cicisbeo

Landjunker

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskwaɪə/

Etymology

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