esquire

esquire
[ɪˈskwʌɪə, ɛ-]
(缩略词:esq.)
noun
  1. (Esquire)(Brit.)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
    (英)(尤指信件或其他文件中没有其他头衔加在姓名前时使用的尊称)先生
    J. C. Pearson Esquire.
    J•C•皮尔逊先生。
    ■(N. Amer.)a title appended to a lawyer's surname
    (北美)加在律师姓氏后的尊称
  2. (historical)a young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight
    (史)骑士随从,候补骑士
    ■an officer in the service of a king or nobleman
    侍候国王(或贵族)的官员
    ■[as title]a landed proprietor or country squire
    地主,乡绅
常用词组
esquire of the (king's) body
  1. (historical)an officer in charge of dressing and undressing the king
    (史)负责给国王更衣的官员
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius 'shield-bearer', from scutum 'shield'; compare with squire. Sense 2 was the original denotation, sense 1 being at first a courtesy title given to such a person
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