noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
local
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John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire .
young
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A window hanging twitched in the manor house, but the only person to reappear in the yard was the young squire .
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The young squire among his tenants, I thought.
■ NOUN
country
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Du Cann's fundamental problem has been that he wanted to be seen as cross between a Tory grandee and country squire .
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Anglican priests once enjoyed the status of country squires .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After dinner, the squire and the doctor sat by the captain's side and talked.
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Anglican priests once enjoyed the status of country squires.
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Du Cann's fundamental problem has been that he wanted to be seen as cross between a Tory grandee and country squire .
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Joyce lay dead, shot through the head; and the squire was half-carrying the wounded captain.
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They climbed over the fence like monkeys while the squire and Gray fired at them.