well-esteemedadj.

1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara Dispraise Life Courtier sig. m.vi Solon, a man excellently lerned and wel estemed.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ix. sig. T4 But he, finding a sister of the late Kings (a faire and well esteemed Ladie).., gaue her in marriage to the noble man his fathers old friend.

1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders iii. iii. 337 Monsieur de Gordan, a valiant and well esteemed Souldier, had for many years been Governour of this Town.

1749 W. R. Chetwood Gen. Hist. Stage 219 Mr. Sparks..has, by incessant Attention to the Drama, arrived to be a well-esteemed Person in the Business of the Theatre.

1820 T. Hodgskin Trav. N. Germany I. ii. 62 The direction was, ‘to the well-esteemed..Mr —— my highly prized cousin.’

1840 L. S. Costello Summer amongst Bocages & Vines II. iii. 63 In the city of tours formerly lived a Jew, rich and well-esteemed.

1907 C. Holland Old & New Japan v. 101 A worthy and well-esteemed descendant of these heroines of old Japan.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 4 Dec. 13 The boy..is now himself a highly successful and well-esteemed businessman.