squire /skwaɪə $ skwaɪr/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: escuier , from Late Latin scutarius , from Latin scutum 'shield' ]
1 . [countable] the man who in the past owned most of the land around a country village in England
2 . [countable] a young man in the Middle Ages who learned how to be a ↑ knight by serving one
3 . British English old-fashioned spoken used by some men to address a man when they do not know his name