squire

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.
• noun An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.
• noun A magistrate or justice of the peace.
• noun A local dignitary.
• noun A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.
• transitive verb To attend as a squire; escort.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To attend and wait upon, as a squire his lord.
• To attend, as a gentleman a lady; wait upon or attend upon in the manner of a squire; escort.
• noun The schnapper when two years old. See schnapper.
• noun An old form of square.
• noun An esquire; an attendant on a knight.
• noun A gentleman who attends upon a lady; an escort; a beau; a gallant.
• noun A person not noble nor a knight, but who has received a grant of arms.
• noun In England, a landed proprietor who is also justice of the peace: a term nearly equivalent to lord of the manor, as meaning the holder of most of the land in any neighborhood.
• noun In the United States, in country districts and towns, a justice of the peace, a local judge, or other local dignitary: chiefly used as a title.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete A square; a measure; a rule.
• noun A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
• noun engraving A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
• noun A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
• noun A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
• transitive verb To attend as a squire.
• transitive verb colloq. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun obsolete A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
• noun A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
• noun A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
• noun A male attendant on a great personage.
• noun A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
• noun A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
• verb To attend as a squire
• verb To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun an English country landowner
• noun a man who attends or escorts a woman
• verb attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
• noun young nobleman attendant on a knight