abbreviation
1 (becoming old-fashioned, especially BrE) 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.
2 (AmE) used as a title after the name of a male or female lawyer
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for Esq. is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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