A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
Used in a Sentence
esquire
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for esquire.
Editorial note
There's a writer from Esquire who's basically made a living doing experiments like this.
Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of esquire gathered in one view.
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for esquire.
noun
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
noun
An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
noun
A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
noun
(usually US, law) A lawyer.
Example sentences
There's a writer from Esquire who's basically made a living doing experiments like this.
The NYTimes one indeed reduced Richards to 'an anecdote', it was not focused just on this case, like the Esquire one was, and the Esquire one is a lot more clear about the consequences Richards faced.
From everything I've read, now including the Esquire article, I disagree with your interpretation.
I think he did a somewhat better job of depicting the fucked up stuff that happened to Richards in the more recent Esquire one, but perhaps it's still not fair.
Yes, the part from the Esquire article revealed a few more things that was disappointing to hear, such as that she notified Hank's (not his real name I understand) employer wanting them to force Hank to remove the part of the HN comment where he said he lost his job.
Google for "Pfeiffer Esquire Harpers" and look up what happened about 1990.
If the only people agreeing with you are Glenn Greenwald, Socialist Worker and Esquire, then maybe your argument has a problem.
For some reason I always find it amusing to see US lawyers title themselves with a middle ages term such as "Esquire".
I'm curious as to whether Ronson or Esquire's fact-checkers verified the horrific details of Adria's upbringing.
Jacobs turned on his full sense of humor as well as his honesty when he wrote a story for Esquire magazine in 2007 about the "radical honesty" movement.
Works perfectly well, I'll never look at “The Esquire” again.
The article you link to is worth reading -- it's critiquing a different article by Ronson in the NYTimes Magazine, not the OP by the the same author in Esquire.
Quote examples
Google for "Pfeiffer Esquire Harpers" and look up what happened about 1990.
For some reason I always find it amusing to see US lawyers title themselves with a middle ages term such as "Esquire".
Jacobs turned on his full sense of humor as well as his honesty when he wrote a story for Esquire magazine in 2007 about the "radical honesty" movement.
Works perfectly well, I'll never look at “The Esquire” again.
Proper noun examples
If the only people agreeing with you are Glenn Greenwald, Socialist Worker and Esquire, then maybe your argument has a problem.
I'm curious as to whether Ronson or Esquire's fact-checkers verified the horrific details of Adria's upbringing.
The article you link to is worth reading -- it's critiquing a different article by Ronson in the NYTimes Magazine, not the OP by the the same author in Esquire.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use esquire in a sentence?
There's a writer from Esquire who's basically made a living doing experiments like this.
What does esquire mean?
A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
What part of speech is esquire?
esquire is commonly used as noun.