esquireship
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]esquireship (plural esquireships)
- The position or office of an esquire.
- 1903, George Alfred Henty, Both sides the border: a tale of Hotspur and Glendower, page 32:
- He says that there is a vacancy in Percy's household, owing to one of his esquires being made a knight, and a page has been promoted to an esquireship.