esquire
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Is esquire a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (usually US, law) A lawyer.USusually
2. (archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knightarchaic
3. (obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.Examples: "The office of the esquire consisted of several departments; the esquire for the body, the esquire of the chamber, the esquire of the stable, and the carving esquire; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete) To attend, wait on, escort.obsoletetransitive
noun (English)
1. (heraldry, rare) The lower of the halves into which a square is divided diagonally, a single gyron, but potentially larger (extending across the shield) or smaller (for example, on Mortimer's arms).Examples: "Thre pallets between ij Esquires bast dexter and sinister of the second."; "Mortimer, Barry of 6, or & az. an inescutcheon arg. on a chief of the first 2 pallets between as many base esquires of the second."; "Against the theory of two wives for Sir Thomas, is the fact that the Lumley Monument mentions only one, Elizabeth. In addition she appears to have been granted the Royal Arms: 1. France and England, 2. a plain cross of Ulster, 3. as 2, 4. barry of siz, a chief three pallets, between two esquires bastions, dexter and sinister, an inescutcheon Argent, Mortimer, over all a bar sinister, which are also displayed on the monument."rare
Definition source: Wiktionary