equerry
[ek-wuh-ree, ih-kwer-ee]
noun, plural eq·uer·ries.
an officer of a royal or similar household, charged with the care of the horses.
an officer of the British royal household who attends the sovereign or other member of the royal family.
RELATED WORDS
servant, youth, attendant, bellhop, jockey, equestrian, cowboy, postilion, gaucho, broncobuster, roughrider, cavalryman, dragoon, buckaroo, squire, dresser, manservant, hostler
Origin of equerry
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Historical Examples of equerry
Here, then, we found the equerry again, consumed by anxiety.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
The chamberlains and the equerry have departed with their letters of announcement.
Take Martin, the equerry, with you, and three of the grooms.
Holding his captive before him, Damis turned to the equerry.
Giants on the EarthSterner St. Paul Meek
He ordered his equerry to offer them his protection, and everything that they might require.
The Frog Prince and Other StoriesAnonymous
equerry
noun plural -ries
Word Origin for equerry
C16: alteration (through influence of Latin equus horse) of earlier escuirie, from Old French: stable, group of squires, from escuyer squire
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