esquire
/ɪˈskwaɪə//ˈɛskwaɪɚ/
noun
- 1
A lawyer.
- 2
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
- 3
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
- 4
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
- 5
A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
- 6
A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
verb
- 1
To attend, wait on, escort.
noun
- 1
A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.
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