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The other, Ken Dodd, stayed firmly on the ground, the joke-telling squire of the jam butty mines of Knotty Ash.
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The Rockford squire wrote an article back around his birth and nicknamed him Storm Trooper.
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Derived from an Egyptian material called Fustian, this corded, velvet-like material has been worn by squires and slackers, but became associated with the working class during the industrial revolution.
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The duo last appeared at CVLT together as 'King Arthur' and his squire 'Patsy' in 2016's Spamalot, which played to sell-out houses.
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The Queen's ladies show off their intricate gowns, while little boys dressed in ballet slippers and puffy sleeves serve as squires.
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Before that, according to Merriam-Webster, bachelor (or, earlier, bacheler) referred to a young man, especially one who held a bachelor’s degree or followed a knight as his squire.
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Don’t miss the winged altar and triptych depicting Great Reformer Martin Luther – who preached in the church – as a monk, squire and teacher.
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Against all odds, Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza take to the road in a quest of chivalry and seek out the good and innocent in a world filled with darkness and despair.
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her father squired her to the dance to make sure she got there all right
Recent Examples of squire from the Web
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His old friend Richie Neal, the congressman, and Domenic Sarno, the mayor, were going to squire him around Springfield, and the John Boyle O’Reilly Club would be buzzing.
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The singer subsequently squired screen goddesses including Ava Gardner.
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The woman dressed her pet monkeys in baby clothes and squired them around in a pram.
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And Mazzola himself was an early mover in the tradition of fashion magazine editors squiring actresses and singers to the collections.
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The film’s story consists, in large part, of the conflict that Ana faces between squiring Christian through his urgent roundelay of business functions and pushing her own editorial career ahead.
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For two days, Weber squired the member of parliament around Capitol Hill to spread the message that then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was leading his country on the path to reform and was seeking to embrace the West.
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Director Jerry Ruiz squired this script through its world premiere in Denver, last year and its off-Broadway production earlier this year, and Eddie Martinez played Abel in both those productions as well.
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First Known Use of squire
14th century
SQUIRE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of squire for English Language Learners
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: a young man in the Middle Ages who helped a knight before eventually becoming a knight himself
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: a man in the past in England who owned most of the land in a village or district in the country
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—used to address a man whose name is unknown
SQUIRE Defined for Kids
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