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Traditional English :: squireling
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squireling - 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] |
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