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equire

equire is the alternative form of esquire.

Meaning of esquire

Noun

esquire (plural esquires)

  1. (US, usually) A lawyer.
  2. A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
    • I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  3. An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
  4. A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
  5. (archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
  6. (obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
    • The office of the esquire consisted of several departments; the esquire for the body, the esquire of the chamber, the esquire of the stable, and the carving esquire; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests.1801, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

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Forms of equire

pluralequires

Questions about equire

What is equire the alternative form of?
Equire is the alternative form of esquire.

Words near equire in the dictionary

  1. equiptment
  2. equiquantal
  3. equiradial
  4. equiradiate
  5. equiradical
  6. equire
  7. equirectangular
  8. equiregular
  9. equiregularity
  10. equires
  11. equiripple

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