- squireen
- squi·reen
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squireen
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Squireen — Squir*een (skw[imac]r*[=e]n ), n. One who is half squire and half farmer; used humorously. [Eng.] C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squireen — [skwīr ēn′] n. [ SQUIRE + Ir dim. suffix een < Gael in] Irish a small landowner; petty squire … English World dictionary
squireen — noun /skwaɪəˈriːn,skwaɪˈriːn/ A person who is half squire, half farmer. About 1730 the poet and squireen Huw Hughes wrote to the great scholar Lewis Morris that all the defenders of the old language had gone to sleep. Prys Morgan, in The… … Wiktionary
squireen — /skwuy reen /, n. Chiefly Irish Eng. the landowner of a small estate; a squire of a small domain. [1800 10; SQUIRE + een dim. suffix < Ir ín] * * * … Universalium
squireen — [ˌskwʌɪə ri:n] noun Brit. a minor landowner, especially in Ireland. Origin C19: from squire + een (representing the Ir. dimin. suffix ín) … English new terms dictionary
squireen — n. [Modern, Eng.] Country squire, petty squire … New dictionary of synonyms
squireen — n. Brit. the owner of a small landed property esp. in Ireland … Useful english dictionary
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Scot, Reginald — (ca. 1538–1599) English writer who was one of the few outspoken critics of witch hunts. Reginald Scot was openly derisive of prevailing beliefs that witches were servants of the DEVIL and committed abominable acts in his name. He was skeptical … Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
