squireling

S1Q10U1I1R1E1L1I1N1G2

noun

A minor squire.

Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsquireling (plural squirelings)

plural squirelings

  1. A minor squire.

    Our ponderous squire will give A grand political dinner To half the squirelings near

    1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part MAUD

Origin

From squire + -ling.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: squireling on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.