esquire 音标拼音: ['ɛskw
, ɑɪr]
n . 先生,士绅
先生,士绅
esquire n 1 : (
Middle Ages )
an attendant and shield bearer to a knight ;
a candidate for knighthood 2 :
a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight ;
placed after the name [
synonym : {
Esquire },
{
Esq }]
Esquire \
Es *
quire "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Esquired };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Esquiring }.]
To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public ;
to attend .
[
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Esquire \
Es *
quire "\,
n . [
OF .
escuyer ,
escuier ,
properly ,
a shield -
bearer ,
F . ['
e ]
cuyer shield -
bearer ,
armor -
bearer ,
squire of a knight ,
esquire ,
equerry ,
rider ,
horseman ,
LL .
scutarius shield -
bearer ,
fr .
L .
scutum shield ,
akin to Gr . ?
skin ,
hide ,
from a root meaning to cover ;
prob .
akin to E .
hide to cover .
See {
Hide }
to cover ,
and cf . {
Equerry },
{
Escutcheon }.]
Originally ,
a shield -
bearer or armor -
bearer ,
an attendant on a knight ;
in modern times ,
a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman ;
also ,
a title of office and courtesy ; --
often shortened to squire .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In England ,
the title of esquire belongs by right of birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in perpetual succession ;
to the eldest sons of younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in perpetual succession .
It is also given to sheriffs ,
to justices of the peace while in commission ,
to those who bear special office in the royal household ,
to counselors at law ,
bachelors of divinity ,
law ,
or physic ,
and to others .
In the United States the title is commonly given in courtesy to lawyers and justices of the peace ,
and is often used in the superscription of letters instead of Mr .
[
1913 Webster ]
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "
esquire ":
Brahman ,
Casanova ,
Don Juan ,
Lothario ,
Romeo ,
amoroso ,
archduke ,
aristocrat ,
armiger ,
baron ,
baronet ,
beau ,
blue blood ,
bodyguard ,
boyfriend ,
caballero ,
cavalier ,
cavaliere servente ,
chaperon ,
companion ,
conductor ,
convoy ,
count ,
daimio ,
duenna ,
duke ,
earl ,
escort ,
fellow ,
fellow traveler ,
flame ,
gallant ,
gentleman ,
gigolo ,
grand duke ,
grandee ,
guard ,
hidalgo ,
inamorato ,
lace -
curtain ,
lady -
killer ,
laird ,
landgrave ,
lord ,
lordling ,
love -
maker ,
magnate ,
magnifico ,
man ,
margrave ,
marquis ,
necker ,
noble ,
nobleman ,
old man ,
optimate ,
palsgrave ,
patrician ,
peer ,
petter ,
philanderer ,
safe -
conduct ,
seducer ,
seigneur ,
seignior ,
sheik ,
shepherd ,
silk -
stocking ,
squire ,
sugar daddy ,
swain ,
swell ,
thoroughbred ,
upper -
cruster ,
usher ,
viscount ,
waldgrave ,
young man
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