Esq.

abbreviation

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(old-fashioned, especially British English)
Esquire
(a polite title written after a man’s name, especially on an official letter addressed to him. If Esq. is used, Mr. is not then used)
- Edward Smith, Esq.
(North American English) used as a title after the name of a male or female lawyer

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. Sense (2) was the original denotation, sense (1) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person.

单词	Esq.
释义	Esq. abbreviation jump to other results (old-fashioned, especially British English) Esquire (a polite title written after a man’s name, especially on an official letter addressed to him. If Esq. is used, Mr. is not then used) Edward Smith, Esq. (North American English) used as a title after the name of a male or female lawyer Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. Sense (2) was the original denotation, sense (1) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person.
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