Meaning and Origin
What does the name Squire mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
Etymology: OF. esquierre, F. équerre. See Square (n.)
- A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.(Eng)"His privy knights and squires." [Chaucer.]
- A male attendant on a great personage; also ((Colloq.)), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
Etymology: Aphetic form of esquire
- To attend as a squire.
- To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.(Colloq)
- An English country landowner
- Young nobleman attendant on a knight
- A man who attends or escorts a woman
- Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).
- A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
- A male attendant on a great personage.
- A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
- (Britain, colloquial) Term of address to an equal.
From Middle English squire, borrowed from Middle French esquierre (“rule, carpenter's square”), or from Old French esquire, another form of esquarre (“square”). Cognate with French équerre. Doublet of square.
- (obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.