squire
English
/ˈskwaɪə/, /ˈskwaɪəɹ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (UK)
Etymology
Derived from Middle English esquire derived from Old French escuier derived from Latin scūtārius (shield-bearer).
Origin
Latin
scūtārius
Gloss
shield-bearer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- squiralty English
- squirearchal English
- squirearchy English
- squiredom English
- squirefish English
- squirehood English
- squirelike English
- squireling English
- squirely English
- squireship English
- squiress English
- unsquire English
- scutarius Latin
- scūtum Latin
- scūtārius Latin
- scutaire French
- escudero Spanish, Castilian
- esquire Middle English
- squier Middle English
- escuier Old French
- scutar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- êtchuyer Norman
- escuyer Middle French
- escudeiro Old Portuguese
- escudier Old Occitan