transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈes-ˌkwī(-ə)r, is-ˈ ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquier squire, from Late Latin scutarius, from Latin scutum shield; akin to Old Irish sciath shield
Date: 15th century
1. : a member of the English gentry ranking below a knight
2. : a candidate for knighthood serving as shield bearer and attendant to a knight
3. — used as a title of courtesy usually placed in its abbreviated form after the surname
John R. Smith, Esq.
4. archaic : a landed proprietor