squirehood

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noun

The rank or state of a squire; squireship.

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Meanings

nounsquirehood (usually uncountable, plural squirehoods)

plural squirehoods

  1. uncountableusuallyThe rank or state of a squire; squireship.
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    November 18, 1721, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to the King at Arms I am not yet qualified to keep a greyhound. If this should be the test of squirehood, it will go hard with a great number of my fraternity, as well as myself, who must all be unsquired, because a greyhound will not be allowed to keep us company

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
squiredom

Origin

From squire + -hood.

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APA

squirehood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirehood

MLA

“squirehood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirehood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squirehood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirehood.

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