| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Esquire.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb esquire.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (esquire) | 1. To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: esquiring, esquired, esquires, esquirer, esquirers, esquiringly and esquiredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ESQUIRED" is a common misspelling or typo for: esquires. |
Date "ESQUIRED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Specialty Definition: esquire
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, scutifer; an attendant on a knight. Hence in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below a knight. In England, this title is given to the younger sons of noblemen, to officers of the king's courts and of the household, to counselors at law, justices of the peace, while in commission, sheriffs, and other gentlemen. In the United States, the title is given to public officers of all degrees, from governors down to justices and attorneys. Indeed the title, in addressing letters, is bestowed on any person at pleasure, and contains no definite description. It is merely an expression or respect.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Esquire is geographically located in Bolivia. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 19.639444 degrees South latitude and 65.218056 degrees West longitude. (references) | ||
| Law | ESQUIRE. 1. A title applied by courtesy to officers of almost every description, to members of the bar, and others. No one is entitled to it by law, and, therefore, it confers, no distinction in law. 2. In England, it is a title next above that of a gentleman, and below a knight. Camden reckons up four kinds of esquires, particularly regarded by the heralds: 1. The eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons, in perpetual succession. 2. The eldest sons of the younger sons of peers, and their eldest sons in like perpetual succession. 3. Esquires created by the king's letters patent, or other investiture, and their eldest sons. 4. Esquires by virtue of their office, as justices of the peace, and others who bear any office of trust under the crown. (references) | ||
| Library Science | Esquire, Chicago, Illinois. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Esquire (abbreviated Esq.) was originally a social rank above that of mere gentleman, allowed, for example, to the sons of nobles and gentry who did not possess any other title. A gentleman, on this basis, was designated Mr (before his name) whereas an Esquire was so designated (with no prefix before the name) after his name. A very late example of this distinction can be seen in the list of subscribers to The History of Elton by the Rev. Rose Fuller Whistler, published in 1882, which clearly distinguishes between subscribers designated Mr and those, of higher social position, designated Esquire. But even then this was somewhat old-fashioned. Today the term is often used instead of Mr on official documents and in formal correspondence. It is linked to the word squire which refers to a knights servant. There is no female equivalent for the social form although in the United States it is sometimes used professionally for female lawyers. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Etymology 1] (archaic) a squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight. (references) | 2: [Etymology 1] (obsolete) a shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants. 1801: Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England - The office of the esquire consisted of several departments; the esquire for the body, the esquire of the chamber, the esquire of the stable, and the carving esquire; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests. (references) | 3: [Etymology 1] (transitive, obsolete) To attend, wait on, escort. (references) | 4: [Etymology 1] A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public. (references) | 5: [Etymology 1] a lawyer. (references) | 6: [Etymology 1] a male member of the gentry ranking below a knight. (references) | 7: [Etymology 1] an honorific sometimes placed after a man's name c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, III-ii - I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace. 1875 Herbert Broom and Edward Hadley, notes by William Wait, Commentaries on the laws of England, I-317 - Esquires and gentlemen are confounded together by Sir Edward Coke, who observes that every esquire is a gentleman, and a gentleman is defined to be one qui arma gerit, who bears coat-armour, the grant of which was thought to add gentility to a man's family. It is indeed a matter somewhat unsettled what constitutes the distinction, or who is a real esquire; for no estate, however large, per se confers this rank upon its owner. (references) | 8: [Etymology 2] (heraldry) A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon. (references) |
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Common Expressions: esquire
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Esquire (magazine) | Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. (references) | ||
| Esquire Records | Esquire Records was the record label which distributed Petula Clark's first singles in Australia. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: esquire | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Esquire | 51 | Esquire | 51 | |
| Fender Esquire | 16 | Esquire (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Esquire (magazine) | 15 | Esquire (magazine) | 15 | |
| Esquire Tower | 5 | Esquire (UK Edition) | 5 | |
| Esquire (UK Edition) | 5 | Esquire Bedell | 3 | |
| H. Salt Esquire | 4 | Esquire Jauchem | 3 | |
| Esquire Bedell | 3 | Esquire Records | 2 | |
| Esquire Jauchem | 3 | Esquire Tower | 5 | |
| Esquire (alternative meanings) | 2 | Fender Esquire | 16 | |
| Esquire Records | 2 | H. Salt Esquire | 4 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
