squire
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Is squire a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of squire?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.historical
2. (UK, colloquial) Term of address to a male equal.Examples: "Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots."UKcolloquial
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To attend as a squire.transitive
2. (transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.Examples: "[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."; "To man a lady was, in former times, a phrase similar to the vulgar one at present in use, to squire."Synonyms: escorttransitive
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.Examples: "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."; "as for a workman not to know his axe, saw, squire, or any other toole, […]."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary