as in to escort
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
her father squired her to the dance to make sure she got there all right
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as in magistrate
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Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Of course, Raquel has been squired away in some sort of mental health facility since mid-April.
—Vulture, 6 June 2023
Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2024
The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin’s novella, also stars Dexter Sol Ansell (ITV’s Emmerdale) as Egg, Dunk’s bald young squire.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 June 2024
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Verb
The teen idols squired Evert and Navratilova to a drive-in movie.
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Of course, Raquel has been squired away in some sort of mental health facility since mid-April.
—Vulture, 6 June 2023
Noun
The French emperor later gave the two pistols to his squire General Armand de Caulaincourt, whose descendants consigned them to the auction house.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2024
The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin’s novella, also stars Dexter Sol Ansell (ITV’s Emmerdale) as Egg, Dunk’s bald young squire.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 June 2024
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“Squire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squire. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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