a. and adv. [SQUIRE sb.]
A. adj. Like a squire or that of a squire.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, XII. ii. The two squires met, and in all squire-like greeting saluted each other.
1783. Crabbe, Village, II. 55. Here too the ’squire, or ’squire-like farmer, talk.
B. adv. In the manner of a squire or attendant; humbly, submissively. rare–1.
1605. Shaks., Lear, II. iv. 217. I could as well be brought To knee his Throne, and Squire-like pension beg, To keepe base life a foote.
