applesquire

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See also: apple-squire

English

Noun

applesquire (plural applesquires)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of apple-squire.
    • 2009 September 5, Simon Hoggart, “Simon Hoggart's week: Whatever happened to snollygosters?”, in Guardian:
      It's by Adam Jacot de Boinod, and it's about the words in the English language we didn't know about and shouldn't have lost — such as "applesquire", the male servant of a prostitute, "mush-faker", one who repairs umbrellas, and "stadge", the date of issue stamped on a coin.