esquire

Meaning of esquire

noun
  1. 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.
    J. C. Pearson Esquire
  2. a young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight.

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.

Information about esquire

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of esquire is: esquires.
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Hyphenation of esquire

es-quire

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • esquire is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

esquire synonyms

Meaning Esquire:

Esquire, Esq

Anagrams of esquire

queries, risquee

Words that rhyme with esquire

Alguire, Maguire, McGuire, Muire, Esquire, Lequire, acquire, broomsquire, enquire, exquire, inquire, preacquire, prerequire, quire, reacquire, reinquire, require, squire, unsquire, verquire

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