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squire

[skwahyuhr] / skwaɪər /




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Buffered by wealth and social position, Darwin was able to reconcile, like few of his peers, the secluded life of a country squire with the exacting demands of scientific work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

The latest spinoff of “Game of Thrones” is set 100 years before the events of the original series, centering around a hedge knight named Dunk, played by Peter Claffey, and his squire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

The man went on, "You, Sancho Panza, are the best squire of the best knight in the world!"

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

“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 proposed bargaining unit would consist of knights, squires, stable hands and show cast members, including queens, Lord Cedric the lord chancellor, the lord marshall and trumpet players.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

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

Lord Jason Mallister himself rode with them, surrounded by his knights, his son Patrek by his side and their squires close behind.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

Hollywood executives were eager to set him up with starlets, whom Kissinger squired to premieres and showy restaurants, according to Isaacson.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

Movie stars James Garner and Steve McQueen also squired her, according to Taylor.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

"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

Riskin had a different set of romantic problems - if squiring Loretta Young and other actresses to nightclubs and turning down Carole Lombard’s marriage proposal could be called problems.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2019

But his business was not the squiring of angular Frenchwomen.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood


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