Definition of: esquire

(es·kwīr′, es′kwīr) noun
1. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy ranking below that of knight. In the United States, the title is given specially to lawyers and justices of the peace, but occasionally to any man as a mark of respect.
2. In England, a landed proprietor; squire.
3. A gentleman who escorts a lady in public.
—v.t. (es·kwīr′) es·quired, es·quir·ing
1. Rare To squire.
2. To address as or raise to the title of esquire. [<OF esquier <LL scutarius shield–bearer <scutum a shield]