squire

1. 1.

   attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

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Other forms of squire

plural

squires·

past tense

squired·

present participle

squiring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about squire

What does squire mean?

squire means "young nobleman attendant on a knight". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squire?

squire has 1 syllable: squire. In IPA it is /ˈskwaɪɹ/.

What is another word for squire?

Close synonyms include gallant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squire a common word?

squire is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with squire?

1 word rhymes with squire. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.