Esquire vs. Squire

Esquire and Squire Definitions
Esquire
A man or boy who is a member of the gentry in England ranking directly below a knight.
Squire
A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.
Esquire
Abbr. Esq. Used as an honorific usually in its abbreviated form, especially after the name of an attorney or a consular officer
Jane Doe, Esq.
John Doe, Esq.
Squire
An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.
Esquire
Chiefly British A barrister-at-law.
Squire
A magistrate or justice of the peace.
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Esquire
In medieval times, a candidate for knighthood who served a knight as an attendant and a shield bearer.
Squire
A local dignitary.
Esquire
(Archaic) An English country gentleman; a squire.
Squire
A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.
Esquire
A lawyer.
Squire
To attend as a squire; escort.
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Esquire
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
Squire
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
Esquire
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
Squire
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
Esquire
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
Squire
A male attendant on a great personage.
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Esquire
(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
Squire
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
Esquire
(obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
Squire
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
Esquire
(heraldry) A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.
Squire
Term of address to a male equal.
Esquire
To attend, wait on, escort.
Squire
(obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
Esquire
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.
Squire
(transitive) To attend as a squire.
Esquire
To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
Squire
(transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
Esquire
(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
Squire
A square; a measure; a rule.
Esquire
A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
Squire
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
Squire
A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
Squire
A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
Squire
A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
Squire
To attend as a squire.
Squire
To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.
Squire
Young nobleman attendant on a knight
Squire
An English country landowner
Squire
A man who attends or escorts a woman
Squire
Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire