<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.</li><li>a young man of noble birth who as an aspirant to knighthood served a knight (in the Middle Ages).</li><li>a personal attendant, as of a person of rank.</li><li>a man who accompanies or escorts a woman.</li><li>a title applied to a justice of the peace, local judge, or other local dignitary of a rural district or small town.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to attend as, or in the manner of, a squire.</li><li>to escort (a woman), as to a dance or social gathering.</li></ul>