esquire

英 [?'skwa??; e-] 美['?skwa??]

暢通詞匯

復數:?esquires;

esquire 先生

e-, 緩音字母。squire, 持盾者，來自PIE*skeu, 隱藏，保護，詞源同hide, house. 原指國王的侍從，后用于尊稱。

esquire: esquire: see squire
esquire (n.): late 14c., from Middle French esquier "squire," literally "shield-bearer" (for a knight), from Old French escuier "shield-bearer (attendant young man in training to be a knight), groom" (Modern French écuyer), from Medieval Latin scutarius "shield-bearer, guardsman" (in classical Latin, "shield-maker"), from scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). For initial e-, see e-. Compare squire (n.). Originally the feudal rank below knight, sense broadened 16c. to a general title of courtesy or respect for the educated and professional class, especially, later, in U.S., regarded as belonging especially to lawyers.
In our own dear title-bearing, democratic land, the title of esquire, officially and by courtesy, has come to include pretty much everybody. Of course everybody in office is an esquire, and all who have been in office enjoy and glory in the title. And what with a standing army of legislators, an elective and ever-changing magistracy, and almost a whole population of militia officers, present and past, all named as esquires in their commissions, the title is nearly universal. [N.Y. "Commercial Advertiser" newspaper, quoted in Bartlett, 1859]

1. He examined the ads in " The New Yorker " and " Esquire. ": 他翻閱了《紐約人》和《紳士》雜志上的不少廣告.

2. This was said in an Esquire interview on april 23, 2008.: 這是說,在一個君子采訪時對2008年4月23日.

3. Trends Esquire display in newsstand in an impressive and eye - catching way.: 《時尚先生》在報攤亭的醒目擺放,強烈吸引讀者眼球.

4. Halle Berry has been named the sexiest woman alive by Esquire magazine.: 哈利·貝瑞被《時尚先生》雜志風味最性感的女性.