n.
   - a country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in an area. 
▸US archaic a title given to a magistrate, lawyer, or judge in some rural districts.
 - Brit. informal used as a friendly form of address by one man to another.
 - historical a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself.
 
v.
 (of a man) accompany or escort (a woman). 
▸dated (of a man) have a romantic relationship with (a woman).
 
  Derivative
  
    - squiredom n.
  - squireship n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: shortening of OFr. esquier ‘esquire’.