One entry found for esquire.

Main Entry: es·quire
Pronunciation: es-kw()r, is-
Function: noun
1 : a member of the English gentry ranking immediately below a knight
2 : one who wants to become a knight and who works as a servant to a knight
3 -- used as a title of courtesy usually placed in its abbreviated form after the surname <John Smith, Esq.>

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