OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29875

esquire

/ɪˈskwaɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acompañante
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
escudero
A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
escudero
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 sto…
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