ESQUIRE

Esquire

Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founders Arnold Gingrich, David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson.

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esquire

Noun

  1. a squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
  2. a lawyer
  3. a shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
  4. a male member of the gentry ranking below a knight
  5. an honorific sometimes placed after a man's name
  6. A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A bearing somewhat resembling a gyron, but extending across the field so that the point touches the opposite edge of the escutcheon.

Verb

  1. To attend, wait on, escort.


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