escuier

Middle French

Etymology

Variant of escuyer.

Noun

escuier m (plural escuiers)

1. squire; shield-bearer

Old French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Late Latin scūtārius

Old French escuier

Inherited from Late Latin scūtārius m, from Latin scūtum n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskyˈjeːɾ/

Noun

escuier oblique singular, m (oblique plural escuiers, nominative singular escuiers, nominative plural escuier)

1. squire; shield-bearer
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Li rois apele un escuier.

     The king called a shield-bearer

Descendants

• Middle French: escuyer m, escuier m
  • French: écuyer m
• → Middle English: esquier, esquire
  • English: esquire, squire

Further reading

• “écuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (escuier)