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squirehood

squirehood noun: the rank or state of a squire; squireship.

Noun

squirehood (usually uncountable, plural squirehoods)

  1. (usually) The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
    • November 18, 1721, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to the King at Arms
      I am not yet qualified to keep a greyhound. If this should be the test of squirehood, it will go hard with a great number of my fraternity, as well as myself, who must all be unsquired, because a greyhound will not be allowed to keep...

Forms of squirehood

pluralsquirehoods

Origin of squirehood

From squire + -hood.

Questions about squirehood

What does squirehood mean?
Squirehood means the rank or state of a squire; squireship.
What part of speech is squirehood?
Squirehood is a noun.
What is the plural of squirehood?
The plural of squirehood is squirehoods.

Words near squirehood in the dictionary

  1. squiredom
  2. squiredoms
  3. squireen
  4. squireens
  5. squirefish
  6. squirehood
  7. squirehoods
  8. squireless
  9. squirelet
  10. squirelets
  11. squirelike

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