Esquire

ES-kwire'ESS-kwyre'2 syllables
🇬🇧English
Respectable

MEANING

A title of courtesy for a man of English gentry ranking below a knight

ORIGIN

English

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Old French 'escuier', meaning 'shield-bearer', and the Latin 'scutarius'

CULTURAL NOTES

Historically used as a title of respect in English-speaking countries

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Originally referred to a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight

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