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A squire was, in medieval times, a young who served and trained under a knight, helping him with his armor and weapons, before becoming a knight himself one day. Later, in England, "squire" came to mean a respected gentleman who owned land in the countryside — an important local figure in a village. Today, you mostly meet the word in historical stories, or hear it used in British slang as a friendly, slightly joking way to address a man, a bit like "mate" or "guv" — "alright, squire?"
（中世紀）騎士侍從;鄉紳;（英式俚語，戲稱）老兄
組成From Old French "esquier," a shortened form of "esquire," which goes back to Latin "scutarius" (shield-bearer), from "scutum" (shield).
同家族的字
- esquirethe longer, older form of the same word — squire is a shortened version of it
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Squirename
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A surname originating as an occupation.
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An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.
squirenoun詞源 1/ˈskwaɪə/
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A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]
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A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
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A male attendant on a great personage.
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historicalA landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
- Third Suitor was Young Country Squire, well born, Perſon indifferent, Cloaths (fondly worn)[.]
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A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
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A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
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A term of address to a male equal.
- Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.
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An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
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A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
squireverb詞源 1/ˈskwaɪə/
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To attend as a squire.
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To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
- [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.
- Perceiving, however, that I had on my best wig, she offered, if I would ’squire her there, to send home the footman.
squirenoun詞源 2/ˈskwaɪə/
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obsoleteA ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
- But temperaunce, said he, with golden squire, / Betwixt them both can measure out a meane.
- do not you know my lady's foot by the squire.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。