equerry
Americannoun
plural
equerries-
an officer of a royal or similar household, charged with the care of the horses.
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an officer of the British royal household who attends the sovereign or other member of the royal family.
noun
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an officer attendant upon the British sovereign
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(formerly) an officer in a royal household responsible for the horses
Etymology
Origin of equerry
1520–30; alteration (influenced by Latin equus horse) of earlier esquiry, escuirie < Middle French escuirie stable, squires collectively, derivative of escuyer squire; -y 3
Example Sentences
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Timothy Laurence, her lover and a former equerry to the queen.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022
Her team wants to depose Robert Ashton Olney, the prince's former royal assistant known as an equerry.
From Fox News • Jan. 31, 2022
You are correct that if you are in a receiving line on the queen’s home territories, you will receive murmured instructions from an equerry about the behavior expected.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021
Consider Peter Townsend, the equerry whose doomed romance with Princess Margaret is depicted in the show’s first season.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2019
He detached King Carados with a strong squadron to meet King Bars, only to find that a second equerry had sprung King Ban from the opposite side of him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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