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squire

[skwahyuhr] / skwaɪər /




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Near the start, when Dunk reluctantly accepts Egg as his squire, he set the terms of their relationship in a dark field outside the town where the tourney that births their legend takes place.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

Martin’s novella series “Tales of Dunk and Egg,” stars Peter Claffey as a wandering knight and Dexter Sol Ansell as his squire, who is secretly a Targaryen prince.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2026

It follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire, Egg.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2025

Lorré, 28, is known as an ‘ecuyères’ — the French word for squire or horse rider, and has a vast knowledge of the royal stables’ history.

From Seattle Times Apr. 29, 2024

Seeing this done, the king in majesty said to his squire: “A fresh bowl, Pontonoos; we make libation to the lord of lightning, who seconds honorable petitioners.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

We’re obviously very thematically about fathers and sons, knights and squires, and, to a certain extent brothers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

“We have a team of original Medieval Times knights and squires in place, and we look forward to hosting our guests at our already scheduled performances,” Sobol said in a statement.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2023

The sort of — low gentry squires, vicar's sons, this sort of thing.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2019

The woman defended her choice, claiming her family is descended from a long line of “both squires and senators.”

From Fox News Dec. 9, 2018

Oars and gear they left for their light-hearted squires to carry, and all in company made off for the assembly ground.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

My 14-year-old son recently sent me a photo of our dog, Sugaree, taken last December as she was squired about town.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

He came to California in 1926 and squired around silent movie actress Aileen Pringle.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2023

He and his insular team in the presidency, squired by his attentive communications director Fahrettin Altun, have been rolling out prepared speeches, which he delivers live on national television with the aid of a teleprompter.

From Seattle Times Dec. 10, 2021

Guide Jerry Hahn squired us through the ghost town of Rhyolite, past the tailings of gold and lead mines, over bumpy mining roads, and finally into the twisty curves of Titus Canyon.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2021

"I am. I was bom on the Doroish Marches, Your Grace. As a boy I squired for a knight of Lord Swann's household."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Treating this kind of team-wide malaise doesn’t necessarily mean culling the entire team, or even squiring off its oldest players with a testimonial and a watch.

From Slate Aug. 2, 2021

So is squiring musician Grimes to the Met Gala.

From The Verge May 8, 2021

The purpose of this junket — events were spread over two days, with a shuttle bus squiring the group from site to site — was to explain that process.

From Washington Post Feb. 27, 2019

During her second year, Ayad ended up squiring around more guests than she had expected.

From Washington Times Apr. 4, 2016

A young man squiring his sweetheart on her afternoon out was the first to come forward.

From Five Children and It by Nesbit, E. (Edith)




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