- (also Squire)
(in the past in England) a man of high social status who owned most of the land in a particular country area (英格兰旧时的)乡绅,大地主 a country squire 乡绅 Squire Trelawney in ‘Treasure Island’ 《金银岛》中的乡绅特里劳妮
- Squire(British English, informal or humorous)
used by a man as a friendly way of addressing another man (男子对另一男子的友好称呼)先生 (in the past) a young man who was an assistant to a knight before becoming a knight himself (旧时骑士的)扈从
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (3)): shortening of Old French esquier ‘esquire’.