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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/En-us-squire.ogg/En-us-squire.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/En-us-squire.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"squire"
],
"word": "squire"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "squires",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "squire m (plural squires)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"squire (title)"
],
"links": [
[
"squire",
"squire#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "squire"
}
Download raw JSONL data for squire meaning in All languages combined (24.5kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": landowner vs. poméščik",
"path": [
"squire"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "squire",
"trace": ""
}
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