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squiry

squiry noun: the body of squires, collectively; squirarchy.

Noun

squiry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The body of squires, collectively; squirarchy.
    • It was nedefull for them within to make good defence, for against them was the floure of chyvalry and squyry.1525, Jean Froissart, translated by John Bourchier, Lord Berners, Les Chroniques de Froissart [The Chronicle of Froissart], volume 5, published 1902, page 409
    • The squiry, too, that mass of base loggerheads, joined in the resolution to support the fraud with all their might.1819 April 10, William Cobbett, “To the Governor and Company of the Bank of England”, in Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, volume 34, number 29, page 909

Forms of squiry

alternative formsquyry

Origin of squiry

From Middle English squierie, that from Old French escuierie, esquierie. See also squire.

Questions about squiry

What does squiry mean?
Squiry means the body of squires, collectively; squirarchy.
What part of speech is squiry?
Squiry is a noun.

Words near squiry in the dictionary

  1. squirtings
  2. squirtish
  3. squirts
  4. squirty
  5. squirty cream
  6. squiry
  7. squish
  8. squish mitten
  9. squish mittens
  10. squishability
  11. squishable

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