Esquire vs. Squire

A man or boy who is a member of the gentry in England ranking directly below a knight.

A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.

Abbr. Esq. Used as an honorific usually in its abbreviated form, especially after the name of an attorney or a consular officer

An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.

Chiefly British A barrister-at-law.

A magistrate or justice of the peace.

In medieval times, a candidate for knighthood who served a knight as an attendant and a shield bearer.

A local dignitary.

(Archaic) An English country gentleman; a squire.

A young nobleman attendant upon a knight and ranked next below a knight in feudal hierarchy.

A lawyer.

To attend as a squire; escort.

A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.

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

An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.

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

A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.

A male attendant on a great personage.

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

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

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

A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.

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

Term of address to a male equal.

To attend, wait on, escort.

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

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.

(transitive) To attend as a squire.

To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.

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

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

A square; a measure; a rule.

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

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

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

A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.

To attend as a squire.

To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.

Young nobleman attendant on a knight

An English country landowner

A man who attends or escorts a woman

Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire