Definition of esquire in English:

esquire

(also esq.)

noun ɛˈskwʌɪəɪˈskwʌɪə

1British A polite title appended to a man's name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents.
〈英〉先生（无其他称呼时用在男子姓名后的尊称，尤用于信件的姓名和地址或其他文件中）
J. C. Pearson Esquire
J·C·皮尔逊先生。
Example sentencesExamples
- On Monday last, R. Burn Esq., and Mrs Burn, of Orton Hall, gave their annual treat to the children attending Sunday school, along with their teachers and other invited friends connected with the Church.
- Nearly a year passed before she had a reply to her letters, which she addressed simply but hopefully to ‘William Swain, Esq., Sutters Fort, on American River, California’.
- Croglin Hall was sold by William, son of Sir Charles Howard, to George Towry, Esq., who possessed it in 1688.
1. 1.1North American A title appended to the surname of a lawyer (of either sex).
  Example sentencesExamples
  On Octoberber 18, 2003, Martin James, Esq., a newly qualified attorney, went to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to visit a client.
  William M. Winter, Esq. and Valerie B. Simpson, Esq. are attorneys in the tax department of a Los Angeles-based law firm.
2historical A young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight.
〈史〉骑士随从，候补骑士
Example sentencesExamples
- Commoners therefore include knights as well as esquires, gentlemen, serfs, and so on.
- Oddly enough, that relationship, though it was known less than 100 years ago, is not as familiar and understandable to us today as that of a knight and his esquire.
1. 2.1 An officer in the service of a king or nobleman.
  侍候国王（或贵族）的官员
  Example sentencesExamples
  Recently, Simon Walker has highlighted the case of one John Kingsley, an esquire in the service of Henry IV's enemy, Thomas Mowbray, heir to the dukedom of Norfolk.
  He soon transferred to the young Henry VI's service, becoming an esquire of his household, and accompanied Henry to Paris for his coronation as King of France.
2. 2.2as title A landed proprietor or country squire.
  地主，乡绅
  the lord of the manor, Richard Bethell Esquire
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ideal-type justice was a local landowner of some substance: peer, esquire, or at least gentleman.
  This was William Mair, esquire, merchant, landowner, magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex.

Phrases

esquire of the (king's) body

historical An officer in charge of dressing and undressing the king.
〈史〉负责给国王更衣的官员
Example sentencesExamples
- The earliest reference to Francis was his appointment as esquire of the body to Henry VIII in 1516, an office his uncle Sir Thomas had held in 1485 under Henry VII.
- When Henry reached his majority in 1437, Hull was appointed one of the esquires of the body, and after the King's marriage in 1445 he became a carver to Queen Margaret.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. esquire (sense 2 of the noun) was the original denotation, esquire (sense 1 of the noun) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person.

An esquire was originally a young man of gentle birth, who attended a knight. Esquire comes from an Old French word which means ‘shield bearer’ and comes from Latin scutum ‘shield’. Squire is really the same word. Esquire later came to refer to a man belonging to the higher order of English gentry, below a knight, and from there became a polite title added to the name of a man, at first only one regarded as a ‘gentleman’.

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of esquire in US English:

esquire

noun

1North American A title appended to a lawyer's surname.
〈北美〉加在律师的姓氏后用作尊称
Example sentencesExamples
- On Octoberber 18, 2003, Martin James, Esq., a newly qualified attorney, went to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to visit a client.
- William M. Winter, Esq. and Valerie B. Simpson, Esq. are attorneys in the tax department of a Los Angeles-based law firm.
1. 1.1British A polite title appended to a man's name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents.
  〈英〉先生（无其他称呼时用在男子姓名后的尊称，尤用于信件的姓名和地址或其他文件中）
  Robert A. Pearson Esquire
  J·C·皮尔逊先生。
  Example sentencesExamples
  On Monday last, R. Burn Esq., and Mrs Burn, of Orton Hall, gave their annual treat to the children attending Sunday school, along with their teachers and other invited friends connected with the Church.
  Nearly a year passed before she had a reply to her letters, which she addressed simply but hopefully to ‘William Swain, Esq., Sutters Fort, on American River, California’.
  Croglin Hall was sold by William, son of Sir Charles Howard, to George Towry, Esq., who possessed it in 1688.
2historical A young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight.
〈史〉骑士随从，候补骑士
Example sentencesExamples
- Commoners therefore include knights as well as esquires, gentlemen, serfs, and so on.
- Oddly enough, that relationship, though it was known less than 100 years ago, is not as familiar and understandable to us today as that of a knight and his esquire.
1. 2.1 An officer in the service of a king or nobleman.
  侍候国王（或贵族）的官员
  Example sentencesExamples
  Recently, Simon Walker has highlighted the case of one John Kingsley, an esquire in the service of Henry IV's enemy, Thomas Mowbray, heir to the dukedom of Norfolk.
  He soon transferred to the young Henry VI's service, becoming an esquire of his household, and accompanied Henry to Paris for his coronation as King of France.
2. 2.2as title A landed proprietor or country squire.
  地主，乡绅
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ideal-type justice was a local landowner of some substance: peer, esquire, or at least gentleman.
  This was William Mair, esquire, merchant, landowner, magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex.

词汇	esquire
释义	Definition of esquire in English: esquire (also esq.) noun ɛˈskwʌɪəɪˈskwʌɪə 1British A polite title appended to a man's name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents. 〈英〉先生（无其他称呼时用在男子姓名后的尊称，尤用于信件的姓名和地址或其他文件中） J. C. Pearson Esquire J·C·皮尔逊先生。 Example sentencesExamples On Monday last, R. Burn Esq., and Mrs Burn, of Orton Hall, gave their annual treat to the children attending Sunday school, along with their teachers and other invited friends connected with the Church. Nearly a year passed before she had a reply to her letters, which she addressed simply but hopefully to ‘William Swain, Esq., Sutters Fort, on American River, California’. Croglin Hall was sold by William, son of Sir Charles Howard, to George Towry, Esq., who possessed it in 1688. 1.1North American A title appended to the surname of a lawyer (of either sex). Example sentencesExamples On Octoberber 18, 2003, Martin James, Esq., a newly qualified attorney, went to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to visit a client. William M. Winter, Esq. and Valerie B. Simpson, Esq. are attorneys in the tax department of a Los Angeles-based law firm. 2historical A young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight. 〈史〉骑士随从，候补骑士 Example sentencesExamples Commoners therefore include knights as well as esquires, gentlemen, serfs, and so on. Oddly enough, that relationship, though it was known less than 100 years ago, is not as familiar and understandable to us today as that of a knight and his esquire. 2.1 An officer in the service of a king or nobleman. 侍候国王（或贵族）的官员 Example sentencesExamples Recently, Simon Walker has highlighted the case of one John Kingsley, an esquire in the service of Henry IV's enemy, Thomas Mowbray, heir to the dukedom of Norfolk. He soon transferred to the young Henry VI's service, becoming an esquire of his household, and accompanied Henry to Paris for his coronation as King of France. 2.2as title A landed proprietor or country squire. 地主，乡绅 the lord of the manor, Richard Bethell Esquire Example sentencesExamples The ideal-type justice was a local landowner of some substance: peer, esquire, or at least gentleman. This was William Mair, esquire, merchant, landowner, magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex. Phrases esquire of the (king's) body historical An officer in charge of dressing and undressing the king. 〈史〉负责给国王更衣的官员 Example sentencesExamples The earliest reference to Francis was his appointment as esquire of the body to Henry VIII in 1516, an office his uncle Sir Thomas had held in 1485 under Henry VII. When Henry reached his majority in 1437, Hull was appointed one of the esquires of the body, and after the King's marriage in 1445 he became a carver to Queen Margaret. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. esquire (sense 2 of the noun) was the original denotation, esquire (sense 1 of the noun) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person. An esquire was originally a young man of gentle birth, who attended a knight. Esquire comes from an Old French word which means ‘shield bearer’ and comes from Latin scutum ‘shield’. Squire is really the same word. Esquire later came to refer to a man belonging to the higher order of English gentry, below a knight, and from there became a polite title added to the name of a man, at first only one regarded as a ‘gentleman’. Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah noun.1 phr. Definition of esquire in US English: esquire noun 1North American A title appended to a lawyer's surname. 〈北美〉加在律师的姓氏后用作尊称 Example sentencesExamples On Octoberber 18, 2003, Martin James, Esq., a newly qualified attorney, went to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to visit a client. William M. Winter, Esq. and Valerie B. Simpson, Esq. are attorneys in the tax department of a Los Angeles-based law firm. 1.1British A polite title appended to a man's name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents. 〈英〉先生（无其他称呼时用在男子姓名后的尊称，尤用于信件的姓名和地址或其他文件中） Robert A. Pearson Esquire J·C·皮尔逊先生。 Example sentencesExamples On Monday last, R. Burn Esq., and Mrs Burn, of Orton Hall, gave their annual treat to the children attending Sunday school, along with their teachers and other invited friends connected with the Church. Nearly a year passed before she had a reply to her letters, which she addressed simply but hopefully to ‘William Swain, Esq., Sutters Fort, on American River, California’. Croglin Hall was sold by William, son of Sir Charles Howard, to George Towry, Esq., who possessed it in 1688. 2historical A young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight. 〈史〉骑士随从，候补骑士 Example sentencesExamples Commoners therefore include knights as well as esquires, gentlemen, serfs, and so on. Oddly enough, that relationship, though it was known less than 100 years ago, is not as familiar and understandable to us today as that of a knight and his esquire. 2.1 An officer in the service of a king or nobleman. 侍候国王（或贵族）的官员 Example sentencesExamples Recently, Simon Walker has highlighted the case of one John Kingsley, an esquire in the service of Henry IV's enemy, Thomas Mowbray, heir to the dukedom of Norfolk. He soon transferred to the young Henry VI's service, becoming an esquire of his household, and accompanied Henry to Paris for his coronation as King of France. 2.2as title A landed proprietor or country squire. 地主，乡绅 Example sentencesExamples The ideal-type justice was a local landowner of some substance: peer, esquire, or at least gentleman. This was William Mair, esquire, merchant, landowner, magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. esquire (sense 2 of the noun) was the original denotation, esquire (sense 1 of the noun) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person.
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