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).
Derivatives:
squiredom n. squirehood n. squirelet n. squireling n. squirely adj. squireship n.
Etymology: ME f. OF esquier ESQUIRE