Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: esquire
IPA transcription: ['ɛskw,aɪɹ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Esquire, Esq
    Meaning: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
  • Synonyms: esquire
    Meaning: (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
Usage examples
  • 'Alfred Lammle, Esquire.
  • Southwest Wind, Esquire, was as good as his word.
  • Sir Walter had just risen, and was delighted at the sight of his esquire.
  • Micawber never missed any possible opportunity of writing a letter) was addressed to me, 'By the kindness of T. Traddles, Esquire, of the Inner Temple.' It ran thus:--
  • Also how the fair bride was married from the house of Hamilton Veneering, Esquire, of Stucconia, and was given away by Melvin Twemlow, Esquire, of Duke Street, St James's, second cousin to Lord Snigsworth, of Snigsworthy Park.
  • At the same Time, you will of course, I am sure, Sympathise with us all in the distress Occasioned by the melancholy Death of our late Most Obliging Member, Duncan M'Dunsmuir, Esquire, of Dhunacrag and Auchnagoil, who you never have had the Pleasure of seeing.
  • And presently the voices of the two speakers were hushed, or were replaced by the gentle but unromantic music of the nose; and save when the church bells tolled the hour and the watchman called it, all was silent at the house of John Sedley, Esquire, of Russell Square, and the Stock Exchange.
  • If, when those infernal finger-marks were on the white and breathless countenance of Alfred Lammle, Esquire, they denoted that he conceived the purpose of subduing his dear wife Mrs Alfred Lammle, by at once divesting her of any lingering reality or pretence of self-respect, the purpose would seem to have been presently executed.
  • One day they stopped when they heard the post-horn blowing at the gate; and both of them became very much excited when George's father came out himself with a big official envelope marked 'On His Majesty's Service' and addressed to 'James Wolfe, Esquire.' Inside was a commission as second lieutenant in the Marines, signed by George II and dated at St James's Palace, November 3, 1741.