to squire
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8.6
- verb
- /skwaɪər/
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- During the event, he volunteered to squire the guests, ensuring their needs were met throughout the evening.
- squire someone around
Examples
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My plan was to ask you if I could squire you about town as one professional helping another professional, because I know what it's like to be lonely in a new city.
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Why can't he squire you around?
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How would you like to squire a genuine Virginia dame?
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Bobo Riley had fallen behind the rest of us in order to help the lady up and now squired her on his arm.
Fiction book (1999) -
Free as a breeze, I flew down to New York to squire Miss Hellman around town, thinking it was a perquisite of my job that often turned work into play.
Fiction book (1999) -
As a kind gesture, she offered to squire her elderly neighbor on his trip to the doctor.
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Would you like me to squire you to the gala this weekend and show you around?
Synonyms
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3.9
To go with someone to the door or their car as a courtesy
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4.0
To go with someone to protect or help them
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3.5
To go somewhere with someone as a companion
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7.2
To go with and watch young people to make sure they behave at events
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5.5
To go with young people to watch them at an event and make sure they behave
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6.0
To drive someone in a private car for pay
To go with a person like an ambassador to protect or show respect
Compounds
- Jargon
A person or company that buys some shares to stop another company taking control
How Attentive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squire as a verb comes from the noun and means to attend or escort someone, just like the original squire who walked beside and cared for a knight. So to squire someone is to act as their attentive escort and helper.