Esq

Definition: Esq

Esq

Noun

1. (British) a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name.

Date "Esq" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1677. (references)

Synonym: Esq

Synonym: Esquire (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Esq

Specialty definitions using "Esq": Bickerstaff, Brother Sam, Buncle ♦ Disney Professor, Distinguished Member of the Humane Society ♦ Lucasian Professor ♦ Norrisian Professor. (references)

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Modern Usage: Esq

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Here we are, number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, residence of George Banks Esq. (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh)
Movie/TV Titles	Esq. H.M. Pulham (1941) Esq Charles Endell (1979) Esq. Bill Dainty (1975)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Esq

Domain	Title
Books	A Letter to Adam Smith and Apology for the Life and Writings of David Hume, Esq. (Works of the Scottish Enlightenment) (reference) Como Ayudar Con las Tareas Esq (reference) Life Stories of a Celebrated Lawyer in New York and Lake George: The Memoirs of Charles H. Tuttle, Esq. (reference) Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West Esq. (reference) Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Late Charles Babbage Esq. F.R.S. (Charles Babbage Institute Reprint) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Esq

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Edward Cutler, Esq.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Joshua Brookes, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. &c.&c. / Painted by T. Phillips. R.A. Engraved by H. Cook.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Studio for Daniel C. French, Esq. (Glendale, Massachusetts). Floor plan] / Brite and Bacon, arch'ts, New York.Credit: Library of Congress.		Not Whittington and his cat, from the original in the collection of U. Samuel, Esq. Washington.Credit: Library of Congress.
	House of George R. Fearing Esq., Newport, R.I.Credit: Library of Congress.		The Trial of the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles for the murder of P. Barton Key, Esq., at Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The right honble. Chas. Wolfran Cornwall Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons.Credit: Library of Congress.		William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P.--The abolitionist / lith. of Endicott & Swett ; painted by Russell R.A.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The jolly flat boat men / painted by G.C. Bingham, esq. ; engraved by T. Doney ; printed by Powell & Co.Credit: Library of Congress.		The lump in the throat of C Boyd Esq., No. 1.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Esq

"Esq" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.03% of the time. "Esq" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	81.03%	47	49,740
Noun (singular)	18.97%	11	106,044
Total	100.00%	58	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Esq

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
esq watch	430	b esq jack mcpherson	3
esq	333	esq watch repair	3
esq swiss watch	22	coleman diego esq in san	3
esq swiss	16	esq siren	2
esq watch lady	14	esq oceania	2
esq watch man	13	chronograph esq previa	2
esq venture	6	esq sienna	2
esq movado	5	esq title	2
esq lady movado swiss watch	5	attorney dallas esq mark mcclelland	2
discount esq watch	5	band esq watch	2
esq watch company	4	55 esq over smith wendell	2
dunbar esq m peter	4	esq man	2
1 ensoniq esq	4	esq chronograph	2
amy britt e esq	4	esq venture watch	2
esq titanium watch	4	esq rally watch	2
company esq esquire watch	4	does esq mean	2
esq esquire watch	4	dfg esq.com	2
esq guttman steven	3	movado esq watch	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Esq

Language		Translations for "Esq"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		Úr (Lord, Mister, Monsieur, Sir). (various references)

Pig Latin		esqay

Spanish		Don (boon, Don, esquire, gift, offering, quality). (various references)

Swedish		herr (baboo, esquire, gentleman, gentlemen, lord, Mister, mr., Mr.(mister), sahib, sir). (various references)

Ukranian		Пан (Lord, Sir). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Esq

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Esq": esquire, esquired, esquires, esquiring. (additional references)
	Words containing "Esq": arabesque, arabesques, burlesque, burlesqued, burlesquely, burlesquer, burlesquers, burlesques, burlesquing, churrigueresque, desquamate, desquamated, desquamates, desquamating, desquamation, desquamations, gigantesque, grotesque, grotesquely, grotesqueness, grotesquenesses, grotesquerie, grotesqueries, grotesquery, grotesques, humoresque, humoresques, mesquit, mesquite, mesquites, mesquits, moresque, moresques, picaresque, picaresques, picturesque, picturesquely, picturesqueness, picturesquenesses, plateresque, sculpturesque, sculpturesquely, sesquicarbonate, sesquicarbonates, sesquicentenaries, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, sesquicentennials, sesquipedalian, sesquiterpene, sesquiterpenes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Esq

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-q-s"
	-1 letter: es.
	Words containing the letters "e-q-s"
	+2 letters: quest, queys, squeg, usque.
	+3 letters: basque, bisque, bosque, casque, equals, equids, equips, fiques, masque, mosque, piques, quakes, queans, queasy, queens, queers, quells, querns, quests, queues, quiets, quires, quotes, risque, roques, sacque, sequel, sequin, sheqel, square, squeak, squeal, squegs, squire, toques, tuques, usques.
	+4 letters: acquest, aqueous, barques, basques, bequest, bisques, bosques, bosquet, brusque, caiques, calques, casqued, casques, cheques, cinques, cirques, claques, cliques, cloques, coquets, equates, equines, equites, esquire, inquest, marques, masquer, masques, mesquit, mosques, obsequy, opaques, piquets, plaques, pulques, quaeres, quakers, quartes, quashed, quasher, quashes, quasses, quatres, quavers, queries, querist, quested, quester, questor, queuers, quezals, quiches, quietus, quinces, quintes, quivers, quizzes, quoters, qurshes, qwertys, request, requins, roquets, sacques, sequela, sequels, sequent, sequins, sequoia, silique, squamae, squared, squarer, squares, squeaks, squeaky, squeals, squeeze, squelch, squired, squires, toquets, torques, uniques.
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