Definition of esquire
1 : a member of the English gentry ranking below a knight
2 : a candidate for knighthood serving as shield bearer and attendant to a knight
3 —used as a title of courtesy often by attorneys usually placed in its abbreviated form after the surnameJohn R. Smith, Esq.
4 archaic : a landed proprietor
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The first known use of esquire was in the 15th century
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