Definition of Esquire

Esquire

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.

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

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Esquire Quotations

A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia.
Mercy Otis Warren

However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.
Ted Allen

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
Al Sharpton

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.
Denis Johnson

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.
David Amram

I wrote that letter, and the one to Nixon. And I wrote more letters, and I thought it might be a magazine article. At that time I sent it to Esquire and Playboy, but anyway, I kept writing, and all of sudden I had enough and thought, well maybe it is a book.
Don Novello

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Esquire Translations

esquire in German is Wohlgeboren
esquire in Italian is vossignoria

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