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squire

[skwahyuhr] / skwaɪər /




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But Dunk declines, offering to take Egg as his squire only if the boy keeps roaming with him.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Martin’s novella series “Tales of Dunk and Egg,” stars Peter Claffey as a wandering knight and Dexter Sol Ansell as his squire, who is secretly a Targaryen prince.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

It follows the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire, Egg.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

Lorré, 28, is known as an ‘ecuyères’ — the French word for squire or horse rider, and has a vast knowledge of the royal stables’ history.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

"In the old days," Don Quixote had said, "knights won islands and kingdoms. They gave them to their squires to govern. I plan to do the same with you, Sancho, if you become my squire."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

We’re obviously very thematically about fathers and sons, knights and squires, and, to a certain extent brothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

“We have a team of original Medieval Times knights and squires in place, and we look forward to hosting our guests at our already scheduled performances,” Sobol said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

The sort of — low gentry squires, vicar's sons, this sort of thing.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2019

The woman defended her choice, claiming her family is descended from a long line of “both squires and senators.”

From Fox News ● Dec. 9, 2018

Sansa knew all about the sorts of people Arya liked to talk to: squires and grooms and serving girls, old men and naked children, rough-spoken freeriders of uncertain birth.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

My 14-year-old son recently sent me a photo of our dog, Sugaree, taken last December as she was squired about town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

Hollywood executives were eager to set him up with starlets, whom Kissinger squired to premieres and showy restaurants, according to Isaacson.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

He came to California in 1926 and squired around silent movie actress Aileen Pringle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

Movie stars James Garner and Steve McQueen also squired her, according to Taylor.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

"I am. I was bom on the Doroish Marches, Your Grace. As a boy I squired for a knight of Lord Swann's household."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Treating this kind of team-wide malaise doesn’t necessarily mean culling the entire team, or even squiring off its oldest players with a testimonial and a watch.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2021

So is squiring musician Grimes to the Met Gala.

From The Verge ● May 8, 2021

The purpose of this junket — events were spread over two days, with a shuttle bus squiring the group from site to site — was to explain that process.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019

During her second year, Ayad ended up squiring around more guests than she had expected.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2016

That evening—a week ago, when he was squiring me home from the concert.

From Quality Street A Comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie


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