Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SQUIRE
SQUIRESQUIRE-HOOD, or SQUIRE-SHIP
SQUIRE, v.t.
- To attend as a squire. – Chaucer.
- In colloquial language, to attend as a beau or gallant for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady to the gardens.
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