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esquire
- IPA[ɪˈskwʌɪə]
英式
- a polite title appended to a man's name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents;a title appended to the surname of a lawyer (of either sex).
noun: Esquire, plural noun: esquires
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名詞
- 1. British a polite title appended to a man's name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents J. C. Pearson Esquire
- ▪ North American a title appended to the surname of a lawyer (of either sex).
- 2. historical a young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight.
- ▪ an officer in the service of a king or nobleman.
- ▪ a landed proprietor or country squire the lord of the manor, Richard Bethell Esquire