Esquire
Example Sentences
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Among his recommendations, Rees-Mogg asks that “all non-titled males” are given the abbreviation Esq., for esquire, after their name.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2019
OK, esquire, but I go back to what I was taught on the first day of law school: 1.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2018
If Calvin Klein is the icon of minimalism, Ralph Lauren the elegant esquire and Donna Karan the workingwoman's tailor, Jacobs is the eclectic sampler who has ushered in an era of sophisticated charm in fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In telescopic order he was put through the degrees of page, esquire and knight.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But at that very moment a trumpet sounded, and a man came summoning him, the king’s esquire, to wait at the king’s board.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.