apple-squire
See also: applesquire
English
Noun
apple-squire (plural apple-squires)
- (obsolete) A male servant of a prostitute.
- c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
- With all my heart, Ile be legitimate and ſilent as an apple-ſquire, Ile ſee nothing, and ſay nothing.
- (rare) and (archaic) A male companion of a woman of ill-repute; spec. (a) the servant or personal attendant of a prostitute (or a woman regarded as unchaste or promiscuous); (b) a ‘kept’ man, a gigolo; (c) a pimp.[1]
References
- ^ Oxford University Press. (n.d.). Apple-squire, n. In Oxford English dictionary. Retrieved November 21, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3303890086