Esquire vs. Squire

Esquire vs. Squire — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Esquire and Squire

Esquirenoun

A lawyer.

Squirenoun

A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

Esquirenoun

A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.

Squirenoun

A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.

Esquirenoun

An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.

Squirenoun

A male attendant on a great personage.

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Esquirenoun

A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.

Squirenoun

A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

Esquirenoun

(archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight

Squirenoun

A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.

Esquirenoun

(obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.

Squirenoun

Term of address to an equal.

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Esquirenoun

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

Squirenoun

(obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

Esquireverb

To attend, wait on, escort.

Squireverb

To attend as a squire.

Esquirenoun

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

Squireverb

To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.

Esquirenoun

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

Squirenoun

young nobleman attendant on a knight

Squirenoun

an English country landowner

Squirenoun

a man who attends or escorts a woman

Squireverb

attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire