Sekirov Dictionary

esquire

UK /ɪˈskwaɪə/US /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/

noun 7
verb 1
forms 3

noun7

•
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
- I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace. — 1596
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
(US) A lawyer.
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
•
(rare) The lower of the halves into which a square is divided diagonally, a single gyron, but potentially larger (extending across the shield) or smaller (for example, on Mortimer's arms).
- Thre pallets between ij Esquires bast dexter and sinister of the second. — 1597
(no longer used) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
(no longer used) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.

verb1

(no longer used) To attend, wait on, escort.

forms

esquired · esquiring · esquires

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