Esq.
abbreviation- (old-fashioned, especially British English) Esquire(a polite title written after a man’s name, especially on an official letter addressed to him. If Esq. is used, Mr. is not then used)
- Edward Smith, Esq.
- (North American English) used as a title after the name of a male or female lawyer
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French esquier, from Latin scutarius ‘shield-bearer’, from scutum ‘shield’; compare with squire. Sense (2) was the original denotation, sense (1) being at first a courtesy title given to such a person.