ESQUIRE in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

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United States: a lawyer — typically abbreviated after the name

United Kingdom: a title of respect for a man

CHAPTER 36 Within a few days after this meeting, the newspapers announced to the world, that the lady of Thomas Palmer, Esq. was safely delivered of a son and heir; a very interesting and satisfactory paragraph, at least to all those intimate connections who knew it before.
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