(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
(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
(historical)an officer in charge of dressing and undressing the king (史)负责给国王更衣的官员
语源
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