Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who squares: as, a squarer of the circle.
- noun One who quarrels; a contentious, irascible fellow.
- noun One who spars; a boxer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, squares.
- noun obsolete One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
comparative form ofsquare : moresquare - noun One who, or that which,
squares . - noun obsolete
Quarreler ,wrangler .
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Examples
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I. i.82 (230,5) [young squarer] A _squarer_ I take to be a cholerick, quarrelsome fellow, for in this sense Shakespeare uses the word to _square_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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•Men with more masculine facial features, such as squarer jaws, larger noses and smaller eyes, were perceived by women who looked at their photos as good for casual sex but unfaithful long-term partners, a British study in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior found.
What's the attraction? Look to society, biology, not 'logic' 2009
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If you're a man, secondary sexual characteristics will be emphasized, a squarer jaw, firmer skin—all of which sounds good to me!
Pore Man Sameer Reddy 2011
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His jaw seemed to become squarer, his chin more aggressive, and he bundled the manuscripts off to new editors.
Chapter 11 2010
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Nevertheless, with such men a squarer deal obtains than does obtain in savagery.
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Head-hunting, cannibal beast of a human that was as much ape as human, nevertheless Old Ngurn had, according to his lights, played squarer than square.
THE RED ONE 2010
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Except I think it had a squarer neckline and simpler sleeves.
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She could have made a better world herself -- a finer, squarer world.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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Its touch screen is squarer than the one on the Nook, and seemed a little more responsive in my demo.
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I very much miss the squarer, better visibility Five Hundred version. ""
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