Esquire vs. Squire
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.
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.
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
