esquire

n.
1. a rank between gentleman and knight,squire.landed proprietor （身份介于绅士与爵士之间的）乡绅，地主。
△2H.IV. 3. 1. 63 (57): “I am Robert Shallow,sir. apoor esquire of this county,and one of the King's jus-tices of the peace.”我是罗伯特·夏禄，先生，本郡的一个卑微的乡绅，担任国王驾下的治安法官。
△2H.VI.5.1. 75: “Apoor esquire of Kent that loves his king.”肯特郡的一个爱戴国王的贫寒乡绅。
2. gentleman,in rank next below a knight （地位次于骑十的）绅士。
△H.V. 1. 1. 13:“Full fifteen earls and fif-teen hundred knights,/ six thousand and two hundredgood esquires；”足足十五个伯爵，一千五百个骑士，六千二百个绅士。

esquire[isˈkwaiə]

n. 先生，乡绅