- Esq
- also Esqr abbreviation esquire
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Esq
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Esq — UK US noun [after noun] FORMAL ► UK ABBREVIATION for Esquire: a title added after a man s name on envelopes and official documents. If Esq is used, Mr is not used before the name: »The property belongs to Arthur Jones, Esq. ► US ABBREVIATION for… … Financial and business terms
Esq. — esq. esq. abbresquire Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. Esq. An abbreviation for esquire, which is a title u … Law dictionary
Esq. — Esq. = Esquire. * * * Esq., Abkürzung für Esquire. * * * Esq. = Esquire … Universal-Lexikon
Esq. — Esq. This abbreviation is a 16c shortening, as a written form of address, of esquire, which originally denoted ‘a young aspirant to knighthood who attended and served a knight’, and was later extended to refer to other classes of men including… … Modern English usage
Esq — or Esqr abbrev. Esquire * * * (especially in Britain) the short form of the word ‘Esquire’, sometimes still written after a man’s name on an envelope instead of ‘Mr’ before it, e.g. ‘Charles Lewis, Esq’. This used to be the polite way to address… … Universalium
Esq. — Esq. Esq. noun abbreviation for Esquire, written after a man s name, especially on the address of an official letter or after the name of a lawyer in the US … Financial and business terms
Esq. — Esq. 1.) especially BrE esquire a title that is sometimes written after a man s name in the address on an official letter instead of using ↑Mr before the name 2.) AmE a title of respect that is sometimes put after a lawyer s name ▪ Franklin… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Esq. — Esq. is used after men s names as a written abbreviation for esquire. ...Harold T. Cranford Esq … English dictionary
Esq. — Esq., Abkürzung für Esquire (s.d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Esq. — Esq. oder Esqr. (engl.) = Esquire (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Esq. — Esq. 〈Abk. für〉 Esquire … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
