a. [f. SQUIRE sb. + -LESS.] Unattended by a squire; Laving no squire or landed proprietor.

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1828.  S. Rogers, Italy, II. 10. And thou, Sir Knight, hadst traversed hill and dale, Squire-less.

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1887.  A. E. Evans, in Macm. Mag., Nov., 60/2. The vicar of a squireless village denounces Dives with absolute impunity.

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1897.  Westm. Gaz., 9 March, 2/2. Some other school may get less [money] to enable the squireless school to go on.

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