Hyphenation of esquire

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word esquire? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

es-quire

Definitions of esquire:

1.	(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight A candidate for knighthood
2.	A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight Placed after the name

Synonyms of esquire:

noun	attendant, attender, tender
noun	Esquire, Esq, man, adult male

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.