{"id":13934,"count":1,"description":"The English word squire is a shortened version of the word Esquire, from the Old French escuier (modern French \u00e9cuyer), itself derived from the Late Latin scutarius (\"shield bearer\"), in medieval or Old English a scutifer. The Classical Latin equivalent was armiger, \"arms bearer\". The term has evolved in its uses, referring in the Middle Ages to a trainee knight; after that to the leader of an English village\u2014often a justice of the peace or a Member of Parliament; and, currently, to a justice of the peace or to a similar local dignitary in the United States; to an attendant escorting a woman, or to a gallant.\nA squire was originally a young man who aspired to the rank of knighthood. A squire was the second stage to becoming a knight, after serving first as a page. One became a squire at the age of 14. As part of his development to that end, he served an existing knight as an attendant or shield carrier. The squire would sometimes carry the knight's flag to battle with his master. If...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/squire\/","name":"Squire","slug":"squire","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/13934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=13934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}