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squire Noun 1. a country gentleman in England, usually the main landowner in a country community 2. Informal, chiefly Brit a term of address used by one man to another 3. History a knight's young attendant Verb [squiring, squired] Old-fashioned (of a man) to escort (a woman) [Old French esquier]
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| The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library, all lined with bookcases and busts upon the top of them, where the squire and Dr. The greatest man in Raveloe was Squire Cass, who lived in the large red house with the handsome flight of stone steps in front and the high stables behind it, nearly opposite the church. But Fisher noticed that the laxity of the old squire was far less hated than the efficiency of the new squire. |
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