Etymograph

English

squiry

Squiry comes from Middle English squierie ‘a group of squires’, and goes back to Old French escuierie.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400escuierie1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500squierie1‘a group of squires’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1525squiry1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English squiry
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1525, Jean Froissart, Lord Berners: “It was nedefull for them within to make good…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400escuierieWiktionary, English squiry
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500squierieWiktionary, English squiry‘a group of squires’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1525squiryWiktionary, English squiry. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1525, Jean Froissart, Lord Berners: “It was nedefull for them within to make good…”

Every English word from Old French escuierie

Today it means

noun The body of squires, collectively; squirarchy.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “squiry”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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