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Equerry

noun
(pl. equerries)
1.
An official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles.
2.
A personal attendant of the British royal family.





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"Equerry" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I am Count Fritz von Coeslin, equerry to His Serene Highness"—he clicked his heels together ...
— My Man Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
... propensity moved one of the officers of the "Trump" to say that there was an equerry of His Royal Highness the Prince on board, and to point me out as the dignified personage in question. So the Syrian Prince was introduced to the Royal equerry, and a great many compliments passed between us. ...
— Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo • William Makepeace Thackeray
... between him and three regiments of horse that were with him, hem'd him in, and now began a very unequal fight.—Many of the gallant Swedes were cut to pieces, and the Muscovites made quite up to his majesty:—two aid-de-camps were killed within his presence, his own horse was shot under him, and as an equerry was presenting him with another, both horse and man was struck dead in the same moment.—Horatio immediately alighted in order to mount the king, who now on foot behaved with incredible valour, in that action was surrounded and taken prisoner, as were several others that had fought near his person. ...
— The Fortunate Foundlings • Eliza Fowler Haywood


Words linked to "Equerry" :   tender, attendant, official, functionary, attender


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