Толковый словарь английского языка - esquire
Esquire
esquire
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquier squire, from Late Latin scutarius, from Latin scutum shield; akin to Old Irish sciath shield Date: 15th century a member of the English gentry ranking below a knight, a candidate for knighthood serving as shield bearer and attendant to a knight, 3. — used as a title of courtesy usually placed in its abbreviated form after the surname Smith, Esq.> a landed proprietor
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n. 1 (usu. as abbr. Esq.) Brit. a title appended to a man's surname when no other form of address is used, esp. as a form of address for letters. 2 archaic = SQUIRE. Etymology: ME f. OF esquier f. L scutarius shield-bearer f. scutum shield ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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