Definitions
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- noun The position or office of an
esquire .
Etymologies
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From esquire + -ship.
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Examples
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He says that there is a vacancy in Percy's household, owing to one of his esquires being made a knight, and a page has been promoted to an esquireship.
Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower Ralph Peacock 1867
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