squarer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

square +‎ -er

Adjective[edit]

squarer

  1. comparative form of square: more square

Noun[edit]

squarer (plural squarers)

  1. One who, or that which, squares.
  2. (obsolete) Quarreler, wrangler.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
      But, I pray you, who is his companion? Is there no young squarer now that will make a voyage with him to the devil?