Etymology

squiry

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Today it means: The body of squires, collectively; squirarchy. Full definition →

Middle English squierie ← Old French escuierie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromescuierie
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsquierie
  3. English todaysquiry

From Middle English squierie, that from Old French escuierie, esquierie. See also squire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.