Both Uses of "Esquire" in "Henry IV, Part 2"

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Both Uses

Esquire
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Henry IV, Part 2
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I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of this county, and one of the king's justices of the peace: what is your good pleasure with me?†
Scene 3.2 *
I'll through Gloucestershire; and there will I visit Master Robert Shallow, esquire: I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him.†
Scene 4.3

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(1) (Esquire)
United States: a lawyer -- typically abbreviated (Esq.) after the name

United Kingdom: a title of respect for a man
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Esquire is also the name of a magazine. As a common noun, esquire was the title of a Middle Ages attendant and shield bearer to a knight. The attendant was also typically a candidate for knighthood.