squireen

[ skwahy-reen ]

/ skwaɪˈrin /

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noun Chiefly Irish English.

the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain.

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Origin of squireen

1800–10; squire + -een diminutive suffix <Irish -ín

Words nearby squireen

squircle, squire, squirearch, squirearchy, squiredom, squireen, squireling, squirm, squirmy, squirrel, squirrel away

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How to use squireen in a sentence

But the honest, well-to-do farmer had at once too much pride and sagacity to sink into the Squireen.
Bits of Blarney|R. Shelton Mackenzie
Squireen′, a gentleman farmer, one almost a squire; Squire′hood, the state or rank of a squire—also Squire′ship.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Since his marriage there was a great change in the rubicund squireen.
The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown
He had been christened Edmund, and he was a squireen of the Tipperary village of Knockbrit.
Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune

The class of squireen is nearly extinct: 'Joy be with them.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for squireen

squireen

squireling (ˈskwaɪəlɪŋ)

/ (skwaɪˈriːn) /

noun

rare a petty squire

Word Origin for squireen

C19: from squire + -een, Anglo-Irish diminutive suffix, from Irish Gaelic -ín

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