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Squires

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

📖 Definitions of "Squires"

noun
  1. 1

    A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

  2. 2

    A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.

  3. 3

    A male attendant on a great personage.

  4. 4

    A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

verb
  1. 1

    To attend as a squire.

  2. 2

    To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.

noun
  1. 1

    A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Squires"

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gallantnounOne who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
acredOwning or possessing many acres of land.
squiersnounA surname.
squiernounA surname.
squibbnounA surname.
swardnoun(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
squillacenounA surname.
squashnoun(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
sargesonnounA surname.
slyenounA surname.
squarenoun(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
spurrnounA surname.
surridgenounA surname.
sproulenounA surname.
sproullnounA surname.
sprousenounA surname.
spratleynounA surname.
sprynounVigorous; lively; cheerful; sprightly.
scithersnounA surname.
stroudleynounA surname.

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