Esquire vs. Exquire

Esquirenoun

A lawyer.

Esquirenoun

A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.

Esquirenoun

An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.

Esquirenoun

A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.

Esquirenoun

(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight

Esquirenoun

(obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.

Esquirenoun

(heraldry) A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.

Esquireverb

To attend, wait on, escort.

Esquirenoun

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.

Esquireverb

To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.

Esquirenoun

(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

Esquirenoun

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

Esquirenoun

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

Esquirenoun

a title appended to the surname of a lawyer (of either sex).

Esquirenoun

a young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight.

Esquirenoun

an officer in the service of a king or nobleman.

Esquirenoun

a landed proprietor or country squire

Esquire

Esquire (, US also ; abbreviated Esq.) is usually a courtesy title. In the United Kingdom, Esquire historically was a title of respect accorded to men of higher social rank, particularly members of the landed gentry above the rank of gentleman and below the rank of knight.

Exquireverb

(obsolete) To search into or out.

Exquireverb

To search into or out.