Squire

A Squire he had, whose name was Ralph[.]

Third Suitor was Young Country Squire, well born, Perſon indifferent, Cloaths (fondly worn)[.]

Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.

[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition.

Perceiving, however, that I had on my best wig, she offered, if I would ’squire her there, to send home the footman.

To man a lady was, in former times, a phrase similar to the vulgar one at present in use, to squire.

Yes, such a thing as thou wouldst make of me should wear a book at his girdle instead of a poniard, and might just be suspected of manhood enough to squire a proud dame-citizen to the lecture at Saint Antonlin’s, and quarrel in her cause with any flat-capped threadmaker that would take the wall of her.

And raising good cotton, riding well, shooting straight, dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with elegance and carrying one’s liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered.