squireen

American  

[skwahy-reen] / skwaɪˈrin /

noun

Chiefly Irish English.

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

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squireen British  

/ ˈskwaɪəlɪŋ, skwaɪˈriːn /

noun

1. rare a petty squire

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Etymology

Origin of squireen

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

Example Sentences

Bernard Shute, who neither knew nor cared what the hounds were doing, was expatiating at great length to an uninterested squireen upon the virtues and perfections of his new mount.

From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

But it wasn't at all, fur Nora had an owld squireen av a father, that was as full av maneness as eggs is av mate.

From Irish Wonders by McAnally, D. R. (David Russell)

And when next they met, the pot-valiant squireen would chuckle proudly, "Faith, yon was a night."

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

Some squireen of the parts adjacent, and look in somewhat of a crapulocomatose state moreover.

From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles

This Derriman was a squireen living near, who was chiefly distinguished in the present warlike time by having a nephew in the yeomanry.

From The Trumpet-Major by Hardy, Thomas