1
- a man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area乡绅; 大地主：
the squire of Radbourne Hall
拉德伯恩庄园的大地主
as title Squire Trelawny.特里劳尼老爷。
1.1
- Brit. informal used by a man as a friendly or humorous form of address to another man〈英, 非正式〉［用作男子间友好或幽默的称呼］先生。
1.2
- US archaic a title given to a magistrate, lawyer, or judge in some rural districts〈美, 古〉治安官; 法官; 律师。
2
- historical a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself〈史〉（骑士的）扈从。
3
- Austral. a subadult snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus)〈澳〉小笛鲷（拉丁名Chrysophrys auratus）。
with obj.
1- (of a man) accompany or escort (a woman)（男子）陪伴（女子）; 保护（女子）：
she was squired around Rome by a reporter.
她由一个记者相伴环游罗马。
1.1
- dated (of a man) have a romantic relationship with (a woman)〈旧〉（男子）与（一女子）有一段风流韵事。
派生词
squiredom
nounsquireship
noun词源
Middle English (in sense 2)： shortening of Old French esquier 'esquire'.