squireen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of squireen
1800–10; squire + -een diminutive suffix < Irish -ín
Example Sentences
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Had, for instance, Economy changed with Generosity, and gone to the poor lieutenant's wife, and had I lodged with the Irish squireen instead of Hospitality, what misfortunes would have been saved to both!
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
He looked like a Herefordshire squireen gentleman, while Harry Lewin, with his Irish chivalry and his Oxford confidence, looked like a cosmopolitan and a man of society.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen
When Nettleship talked of his mother’s cottage, I had expected to see something like the residence of an Irish squireen.
From Paddy Finn by Archibald Webb
But honest reprobation mottled the face of Mr. Rablin, squireen; and as an honest man he spoke out.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Mr Gillooly, I may remark, was a friend of my grandfather’s, a squireen, with a mansion of similar description to Rincurran Castle, though somewhat less dilapidated.
From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Archibald Webb
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