squire
noun [C] /skwaɪər/
/skwaɪr/ Definition
› in the past in England, a man who owned most of the land around a villageRoyalty, aristocracy and titles › UK old-fashioned informal used as a friendly form of address by one man to another who might be of a higher social class: "I don't know if all my luggage is going to fit in the back of the taxi." "Don't worry, squire, I'll get it in."Friendly and unfriendly terms of address
(Definition of squire noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- accession noun
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