Esquireship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From esquire + -ship.

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