squire
/ˈskwaɪɚ/noun, verb
squire is spelled S-Q-U-I-R-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, squire means “A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of squire is squires.
How many letters and syllables are in squire?
| Letters | 6: S-Q-U-I-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is squire?
Squire appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce squire?
- UK /ˈskwaɪə/
- US /ˈskwaɪɚ/
Squire has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-squire.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with squire?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as squire from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: risque.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of squire
- squires plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- squiring participle, present
- squired participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does squire mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- 2
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
- 3
A male attendant on a great personage.
- 4
A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.
- 5
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- 6
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
- 7
UKcolloquialA term of address to a male equal.
- 8
An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
- 9
obsoleteA ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
verb
- 1
To attend as a squire.
- 2
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Squire in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écuyer , seigneur, châtelain , valet, majordome |
| German | Schildknappe, Knappe, Edelknecht, Schildknecht , Kavalier , Galan |
| Portuguese | escudeiro |
| Spanish | escudero, armígero, escudero armífero, monosabio, monosabia, mono sabio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does squire come from?
From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).