Look up: Esquire

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   Esquire
   Originally an Esquire was a man who served an apprenticeship to knighthood as attendant on a knight, and bore his shield and armour. Today the term is used to describe and ordinary man.
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   Esquire
   [n] - (in medieval England) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight 2. [n] - (British) a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight
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   Esquire
   Es·quire' noun [ Old French escuyer , escuier , properly, a shield-bearer, French écuyer shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman, Late Latin scutarius shield-bearer, from Latin scutum shield, akin to Greek ... skin, hide, from a root meaning to cover ; probably akin to English hide to cover. See Hide ...
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   Esquire
   Es·quire' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Esquired ; present participle & verbal noun Esquiring .] To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend. [ Colloq.]
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   esquire
   Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; often shortened to squire. ... In England, the title of esquire belongs by right of birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in perpetual su ...
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   esquire
   noun (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
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   Esquire
   noun a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
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   Esquire
   An `esquire` (abbreviated `Esq.`) is a person of a certain social status; always rather vague in its extent, the term carries little social distinction today. Nonetheless, its use as a postnominal honorific remains fairly common, particularly in the United States, where it is frequently, if erroneously, used by licensed attorneys. The term is British in origin. Ultimately deriving from the mediaeval squires who assisted knights, the term came to...
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   Esquire
   • (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend. • (n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.
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    esquire
    originally, a knight`s shield bearer, who would probably himself in due course be dubbed a knight; the word is derived from the Old French esquier ... [1 related articles]
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    Esquire
    American monthly magazine, founded in 1933 by Arnold Gingrich. It began production as an oversized magazine for men that featured a slick, ... [3 related articles]
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