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apple-squires

apple-squires is the plural of apple-squire.

Meaning of apple-squire

Noun

apple-squire (plural apple-squires)

  1. (obsolete) A male servant of a prostitute.
    • With all my heart, Ile be legitimate and ſilent as an apple-ſquire, Ile ſee nothing, and ſay nothing.c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]
  2. (rare) and (archaic) A male companion of a woman of ill-repute; spec. (a) the servant or personal attendant of a prostitute (or a woman regarded as unchaste or promiscuous); (b) a ‘kept’ man, a gigolo; (c) a pimp.

Questions about apple-squires

What is apple-squires the plural of?
Apple-squires is the plural of apple-squire.

Words near apple-squires in the dictionary

  1. apple-reds
  2. apple-sauce
  3. apple-scented mint
  4. apple-shaped
  5. apple-squire
  6. apple-squires
  7. apple-tree
  8. apple-trees
  9. apple-wife
  10. apple-wives
  11. appleade

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