squire (skwIur), -n., v., squired, squir.ing. -n. 1. (in England) a country gentleman, esp. the chief landed proprietor in a district. 2. (in the Middle Ages) a young man of noble birth who as an aspirant to knighthood served a knight. 3. a personal attendant, as of a person of rank. 4. a man who accompanies or escorts a woman. 5. a title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, or other local dignitary of a rural district or small town. -v.t. 1. to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire. 2. to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering. es.quire (es'kwIur, e.skwIur'), -n., v., -quired, -quir.ing. -n. 1. (cap.) an unofficial title of respect, having no precise significance, sometimes placed, esp. in its abbreviated form, after a man's surname in formal written address: in the U.S., usually applied to lawyers, women as well as men; in Britain, applied to a commoner considered to have gained the social position of a gentleman. Abbr.: Esq. 2. squire (def. 2). 3. a man belonging to the order of English gentry ranking next below a knight. 4. Archaic.squire (def. 1). -v.t. 1. to raise to the rank of esquire. 2. to address as "Esquire." 3. to escort or attend in public. [email protected] http://users.snip.net/~shihtzumom