[ɛˈskwʌɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: J. C. Pearson Esquire)

- a young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight


Phrases:
- esquire of the body

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. esquire was the original denotation, esquire being at first a courtesy title given to such a person