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esquireship

esquireship noun: the position or office of an esquire.

Noun

esquireship (plural esquireships)

  1. The position or office of an esquire.
    • He says that there is a vacancy in Percy's household, owing to one of his esquires being made a knight, and a page has been promoted to an esquireship.1903, George Alfred Henty, Both sides the border: a tale of Hotspur and Glendower, page 32

Forms of esquireship

pluralesquireships

Origin of esquireship

From esquire + -ship.

Questions about esquireship

What does esquireship mean?
Esquireship means the position or office of an esquire.
What part of speech is esquireship?
Esquireship is a noun.
What is the plural of esquireship?
The plural of esquireship is esquireships.

Words near esquireship in the dictionary

  1. Esquimo
  2. Esquimos
  3. esquire
  4. esquired
  5. esquires
  6. esquireship
  7. esquireships
  8. esquiress
  9. esquiresses
  10. esquiring
  11. esquisse

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