Plural of squire

regular plural

The plural of squire is squires.

Forms of squire

Two squires stand by the bedhead and two yeomen of the guard at the foot.1962, Lawrence Wright, Warm & Snug:The History of the Bed, Routledge & K.Paul; quoted in “Straw mattresses, chaff beds, palliasses, ticks…. From the entry bedstaff
Robin gripped his shield and his greathelm, and he waited with the other squires on the display ground.2015, Tim Hall, Shadow of the Wolf, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry greathelm
The spirit seemed to blow where it listed among a historically motley collection of Catholic theologians, Puritan zealots and American squires.1994, John [Wyon] Burrow, The Historian: The Magazine for Members of the Historical Association, London: The Historical Association…. From the entry list
His masters, the Houyhnhnms of the unspellable and unsayable name, were more than performing horses or uncultured squires.1928, Shaun Leslie, The Skull of Swift: An Extempore Exhumation. From the entry unspellable
Squires around Cambridge, the two stopped for dinner and dived into an hourslong conversation about their life transitions, social justice, politics and the last decade of their lives.2009 August 21, Katie Zezima, “Leah Squires and Eric Traub”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022. From the entry hourslong

noun A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
noun A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
noun A male attendant on a great personage.

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