squire

UK: /ˈskwaɪə^r/ US: /skwaɪr/ ,(skwī^ər)

Inflections of 'squire' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

squires

v 3rd person singular

squiring

v pres p

squired

v past

squired

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

squire /skwaɪr/   n., v., squired, squir•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. World History (in England) a country gentleman.
2. World History a young man of noble birth who served a knight.

v. [~ + object]

3. to escort as, or as if, a squire:
   He squired a beautiful woman to the ball.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

squire (skwī^ər),  n., v., squired, squir•ing. 

n. 

1. World History (in England) a country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district.
2. World History (in the Middle Ages) a young man of noble birth who as an aspirant to knighthood served a knight.
3. a personal attendant, as of a person of rank.
4. a man who accompanies or escorts a woman.
5. World History a title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, or other local dignitary of a rural district or small town.

v.t. 

6. to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire.
7. to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering.

• 1250–1300; Middle English squier; aphetic variant of esquire

squire′less, adj. 
squire′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

squire / skwaɪə/ noun

1. a country gentleman in England, esp the main landowner in a rural community
2. a young man of noble birth, who attended upon a knight
3. a man who courts or escorts a woman
4. a term of address used by one man to another, esp, unless ironic, to a member of a higher social class
5. an immature snapper
   See snapper2

verb

1. (transitive) (of a man) to escort (a woman)

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French esquier; see esquire