écuyer — meaning in English

English meaning

• esquire noun A title placed after a lawyer's name in the US, often abbreviated "Esq."
• squire noun Historically, a young nobleman who served and assisted a knight.

Senses

écuyer is used for these senses in English:

• equerry An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
• esquire (archaic) A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
• esquire (obsolete) A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
• squire A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
• squire A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.

esquire — full definition

1. noun A title placed after a lawyer's name in the US, often abbreviated "Esq."
2. noun Historically, an English gentleman ranked just below a knight, or a young man who served a knight before becoming one himself.

squire — full definition

1. noun Historically, a young nobleman who served and assisted a knight.
2. noun Historically in England, a country gentleman or landowner, especially one owning the main estate in a village.
3. verb To escort or accompany someone, especially as a gentlemanly attendant.

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