n. & v.
n. 1 a country gentleman, esp. the chief landowner in a country district. 2 hist. a knight's attendant. 3 Brit. colloq. a jocular form of address to a man. 4 US a magistrate or lawyer. 5 Austral. a young snapper fish.
v.tr. (of a man) attend upon or escort (a woman). squiredom n. squirehood n. squirelet n. squireling n. squirely adj. squireship n.
[ ME f. OF esquier ESQUIRE ]