noun. A man or boy who is a member of the gentry in England ranking directly below a knight.

noun. Used as an honorific usually in its abbreviated form, especially after the name of an attorney or a consular officer.

noun. A barrister-at-law.

noun. In medieval times, a candidate for knighthood who served a knight as an attendant and a shield bearer.

noun. An English country gentleman; a squire.

To attend; wait on; escort, as a gentleman attending a lady in public. Todd. See squire, verb

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

noun. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer; an armiger; an attendant on a knight. See squire, 1.

noun. A title of dignity next in degree below that of knight.

noun. A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.

noun. 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.

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

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

noun. a squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight

noun. a lawyer

noun. a shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.

noun. a male member of the gentry ranking below a knight

noun. an honorific sometimes placed after a man's name

noun. A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.

verb. To attend, wait on, escort.

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

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

""No, I haven't even the title esquire, which, I understand, all American citizens possess.""

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