Esquire

es-kwir', n. Orig., a shield-bearer or armor bearer, an attendant on a knight, now, prop., a title of dignity next below a knight, and given in Eng. to younger sons of noblemen, to officers of the king's courts and of the household, to counselors at law, Justices of the peace, sheriffs, and other gentlemen: in the U. S., the title is indiscriminately used in addre ing letters, — v. t. [esquired (-kwird'), -quiring.] To wait on, attend.