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Esquire

noun

1 esquire

Middle Ages An attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood.

Roget 875: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.].    ... show more

Roget 877: title, honor; knighthood etc. (nobility) 875.    highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; ... show more

Dutch: jonkheer
Polish: laufer, giermek

2 Esquire

A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name.

synonym: Esq.

Roget 374a: sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness etc. 373; female, femininity etc. 374.    sexual intercourse, copulation, ... show more


adjective

Roget 968: learned in the law; at the bar; forensic; esquire, esquired.   

Moby thesaurus: Brahman, Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, amoroso, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, beau, blue blood, bodyguard, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, chaperon, companion ... show more.

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