squire of dames

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squire of dames

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From a character in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (III.7.53).

noun

  1. archaic, uncountable A man who devotes himself to the ladies; a lady's man. Mr. Maynard has suddenly set up for a squire of dames. His romances have got up into his head, and he needs bleeding; so come with me.

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@misc{squire_of_dames_2026,
  title = {squire of dames},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/squire%20of%20dames},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}