2007-06-11 05:53:52 · 7 answers · asked by etchasketch547 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Esquire is a British term of respect. It originated from the person who served a knight and the person often ended up being made a knight themselves.
As a term of respect it should never be used by a person in respect of themselves. It is instead placed after a persons name when addressing a letter to them.
2007-06-11 05:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Esquire designates that person as a lawyer.
2007-06-11 05:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
David Copperfield Complex
really lawyers do that I don't know why and I've seen it for years. It could indicate that their name is a firm, as in they have their own law firm.
2007-06-11 05:56:50 · answer #3 · answered by marie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its an attorney title.
2007-06-11 05:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This means they are a lawyer. Presumably if they use it all the time, they are a pompous jerk of a lawyer!
2007-06-11 05:56:41 · answer #5 · answered by whobeme021 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the US, it means they are an attorney.
2007-06-11 05:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they are atty's
2007-06-11 05:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋