esquire

  1. Noun.  (archaic) a squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight.
  2. Noun.  a lawyer.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) a shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
  4. Noun.  a male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
  5. Noun.  an honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
  6. Noun.  A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
  7. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To attend, wait on, escort.
  8. Noun.  (heraldry) A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.

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