436: squire Feb 17, 2016

People may know the word 'squire' from books or film pertaining to the European Middle Ages. 'Squire' is simply a shortened for of the of Old French word, 'esquier', or 'esquire' which is now commonly associated with lawyers, seeing as it is their title. The Old French word comes from the Latin, 'scutarius' which means ‘shield-bearer,’ itself deriving from scutum which means, ‘shield’, as esquires are supposed to protect.