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esquire

/ɛ'skwaɪər/

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noun
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
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type of:
man adult male
noun
(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
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type of:
tender attender attendant

Definition that contains esquire

aphesis the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'