squire

  • 11Squire — (engl., spr. ßkwair), entstanden aus Esquire (s. Adel, S. 102, und Esquire), soviel wie Gutsherr …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 12Squire — (engl., spr. skweir), s.v.w. Esquire …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13Squire — (skweir), engl., was Esquire …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 14Squire — 〈 [skwaıə(r)] m.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s〉 engl. Gutsherr (auch als Titel) [Etym.: engl. <afrz. esquier, escuier <lat. scutarius »Schildträger«; zu scutum »Schild«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 15squire — [skwaıə US skwaır] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: escuier, from Late Latin scutarius, from Latin scutum shield ] 1.) the man who in the past owned most of the land around a country village in England 2.) a young man in the Middle Ages… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16squire — [v] accompany assist, attend, chaperon, companion, date, escort, serve; concepts 384,714 Ant. abandon, leave …

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  • 17squire — ► NOUN 1) a country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in an area. 2) Brit. informal used as a friendly form of address by one man to another. 3) historical a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18Squire — In feudal or medieval times a squire was a man at arms in the service of a knight, often as his apprentice. In later centuries, the term s meaning shifted. Squires are often known in current day as wealthy landowning people in rural England.… …

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  • 19squire —    From the seventeenth century until the late nineteenth century ‘squire’ was used to address country gentlemen who were considerable land owners. The word was used alone, or with a family name.    Earlier meanings of squire, such as ‘young man… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 20Squire — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Squire, écuyer en anglais, peut faire référence à : Squire, une localité du comté de McDowell en Virginie Occidentale, Personnes : Chris Squire… …

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