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Squire Allworthy
fictional character
Squire Allworthy, fictional character, a kindhearted widower who acts as a surrogate father to the foundling in Henry Fieldingās novel Tom Jones (1749). Squire Allworthy initially is misled into believing ill of Tom, but in the end his good nature wins out and he brings about a happy ending to the story.
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