Definition of esquire

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Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.

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Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..
Babu :: Babu (n.) A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire..
Esquire :: Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
Title :: Title (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc..
Squire :: Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire..
Esquire :: Esquire (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..
Squired :: Squire (n.) A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
Esquired :: Esquired (imp. & p. p.) of Esquir.
Unsquire :: Unsquire (v. t.) To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire.
Armiger :: Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire..
Coistril :: Coistril (n.) An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.
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