Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun esquire

2 senses of esquire

Sense 1
esquire -- ((Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood)
       => attendant, attender, tender -- (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)

Sense 2
Esquire, Esq -- (a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name)
       => man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")