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• The king knighted the young squire.From the entry knight
• Unlike the English country squire, the strong-handed farmer in America was a self-made man.2011, Denise Gigante, The Keats Brothers: the life of John and George, →ISBN, page 235. From the entry strong-handed
• You will marry some stout squire and have a nurseryful of children.2010, Joan Smith, A Christmas Gambol. From the entry nurseryful
• The Red Knight and his squire might be sandwiching at the very next table.2006, Gary Zingher, “The Child as Everyday Explorer”, in Theme Play: Exciting Young Imaginations, Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry sandwich
• Ser Dunaver's squire Jodge could not hold his water when he slept.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 458. From the entry water
• El Caballero's metaphorical castration is duplicated in the squire, who is, by analogy with his master, unnosed.1997, Iluminada L. Amat, Doubling in Don Quixote, page 111. From the entry unnosed
• 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
• On my knees I beg it of you, most gentle and kindly squire!1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How Nigel Went Marketing to Guildford”, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January…. From the entry ruth
• SQUIRE What's this young feller's name comin' along ovah yondah with Miss Carey?1905, Augustus Thomas, Alabama: A Drama in Four Acts, page 6. From the entry don't look now
• “Parson Budd be a tremendous Church-of-Englander, so I heard squire say.1903, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, page 40, column 2. From the entry chapeler
• "Sarch away, squire," said Shackle bluffly, as he placed the mugs on the floor and turned the wooden spigots.2016, George Manville Fenn ·, Cutlass and Cudgel, page 78. From the entry bluffly
• 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
• The curate refused to label himself; so the squire growled, "Oh, you sit on the fence, do you?"1956, Theology, Great Britain: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 22. From the entry sit on the fence
• 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
• NORMAN FORBES' squire, Miss JEAN CADELL'S housekeeper, left no chinks in their armour for a critic's spleenful arrow.1920, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920. From the entry spleenful
• Outside the chapel in the weeping mirk a squire held his shield, another his helm, a groom walked his horse.1900, Maurice Hewlett, The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, published 2008, page 18. From the entry mirk
• Soldiers always rode out armed from head to foot—but only a novice or an overeager squire rode in his helmet or gauntlets.2013, Miles Cameron, The Red Knight, Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry barbute
• I feel like an old stag squired by a staggart: but as Windles and the fan get on happily together, all is well.1938, Henry Williamson, Goodbye, West Country, page 212. From the entry staggart
• 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
• More handsome than most of his pop-star subjects, the Cambridge-educated Whitehead squired plenty of groovy glamazons: Nico, Nathalie Delon, Niki de Saint Phalle and Dido Goldsmith.2007 March 11, Maura Egan, “Still Swinging”, in New York Times. From the entry glamazon
• The yellow-bearded Mailey, the old warrior, scarred with many combats and eager for more, stood beside his wife, the gentle squire who bore his weapons and nerved his arm.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry nerve
• His past was a patchwork splatter-gun portfolio of überglamorous and harrowing, as he and his mother lurched from squalor to splendour, depending on her moods and who she was squiring.2012, Veronica Henry, The Long Weekend, →ISBN. From the entry splatter-gun

Meaning of squire

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

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How do you use squire in a sentence?

Squire is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The king knighted the young squire.”

What is a short sentence with squire?

“The king knighted the young squire.”

What does squire mean?

Squire means a shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.