SQUIRE  , an abbreviated See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " See also:

• ESQUIRE (0. Fr. escuyer, Mod. Fr. ecuyer, derived through the form escudier from Med. Lat. scutarius, " shield-bearer ")

esquire " (q.v.), originally with the same meaning of an attendant on a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight . In this form, however, the word has See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed certain See also:

• SPECIAL

special connotations . Thus in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England it is used partly as a See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, partly as a description of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief landed proprietor, usually the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the See also:

• MANOR

manor, in a See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish the lesser proprietors being " gentlemen " or yeomen . In some parts also it is not uncommon for the title of " squire " to be given to small freeholders of the See also:

• YEOMAN

yeoman class, known in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland See also:

• HALF

half contemptuously as " squireens." In the See also:

• UNITED

United States the title has also survived as applied to justices of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges and other dignitaries in See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country districts and towns . In another sense " squire " has survived in its sense of " attendant," " to squire " being used so See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer's See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day as synonymous with " to wait upon." A " squire of dames " is thus a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man very attentive to See also:

• WOMEN

women and much in their See also:

• COMPANY

company .