esquire

/ɪˈskwaɪə/ · noun

Meaning

A lawyer.
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
To attend, wait on, escort.
A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.

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