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squirehoods

squirehoods is the plural of squirehood.

Meaning of squirehood

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...

Questions about squirehoods

What is squirehoods the plural of?
Squirehoods is the plural of squirehood.

Words near squirehoods in the dictionary

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

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