I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace.
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Esquire
//ˈɛskwaɪɚ//
Synonyms for "esquire" (104 found)
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28 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀπάων noun (male member of the gentry ranking below a knight)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оръжено́сец noun (shield bearer)
- рицарски кандидат noun (squire)
Dutch
2 entries- jonker noun (male member of the gentry ranking below a knight)
- jonkheer noun (male member of the gentry ranking below a knight)
French
3 entries- Maître noun (title for a lawyer)
- écuyer noun (squire)
- écuyer noun (shield bearer)
Galician
2 entries- escudeiro noun (male member of the gentry ranking below a knight)
- escudeiro noun (squire)
German
2 entries- Knappe noun (shield bearer)
- Schildknappe noun (shield bearer)
Macedonian
4 entries- кавале́р noun (gentleman who escorts a lady in public)
- оруже́носец noun (squire)
- штито́носец noun (squire)
- штито́носец noun (shield bearer)
Polish
4 entries- esquire noun (male member of the gentry ranking below a knight)
- giermek noun (squire)
- giermek noun (shield bearer)
- kawaler noun (gentleman who escorts a lady in public)
Russian
4 entries- кавале́р noun (gentleman who escorts a lady in public)
- оружено́сец noun (shield bearer)
- сквайр noun (squire)
- эсква́йр noun (squire)
Spanish
3 entries- acompañante noun (gentleman who escorts a lady in public)
- escudero noun (squire)
- escudero noun (shield bearer)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Esquires and gentlemen are confounded together by Sir Edward Coke, who observes that every esquire is a gentleman, and a gentleman is defined to be one qui arma gerit, who bears coat-armour, the grant of which was thought to add gentility to a man's family. It is indeed a matter somewhat unsettled what constitutes the distinction, or who is a real esquire; for no estate, however large, per se confers this rank upon its owner.
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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.
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Thre pallets between ij Esquires bast dexter and sinister of the second.
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