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From: Crilley <>
Subject: [NCBERTIE] Esquire meaning
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:12:00 -0500


Wanted to share this site....as well as the Esquire meaning! Thanks, Pat!

>From:
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>The following definition comes from this website:
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>http://www.charweb.org/gen/gendicte.html
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>Place this on your favorites listing.
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>ESQUIRE
>A member of the English gentry who ranks just below a knight.
>It also refers to a candidate for knighthood who serves as an attendant to a
>knight.
>A land proprietor.
>An attorney who has graduated from law school and passed the bar.
>An obscure usage: When a son is named after his father, he is called I, II,
>III, etc. (ie: William M. Radford, VI). When the first born mail heir of
that
>lineage is given a different name, he is given the title "esquire".
>
>Pat in Va.
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>
Virginia

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