Definition of Equerry

1. Noun. An official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles.

Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official

2. Noun. A personal attendant of the British royal family.
Generic synonyms: Attendant, Attender, Tender

Definition of Equerry

1. n. A large stable or lodge for horses.

Definition of Equerry

1. Noun. An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank. ¹

2. Noun. (British) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equerry

1. an officer in charge of the care of horses [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equerry

equatorial
equatorial cleavage
equatorial current
equatorial division
equatorial guinea
equatorial plane
equatorial plate
equatorial staphyloma
equatorially
equatorials
equators
equatorward
equatour
equeries
equerries
equerry (current term)
equery
equestrian sport
equestrianism
equestrians
equestrianship
equestrienne
equestriennes
equi-
equianalgesic
equianalgesic dose
equiangled
equiangular
equiangular triangle

Literary usage of Equerry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1898)
"equerry. - Lady in Waiting (1889). - Private Secretary to Duchess. ... Physician Accoucheur, - Extra equerry. - Chaplain to the Duchess, - Physician in ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The equerry was commissioned to convey her remains to Granada, where they were interred on 17 May. The death of the empress caused the first break in the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1874)
"A soldier who acted as military groom, or equerry to the emperor, and to a consul or praetor ... The illustration represents an equerry of this description, ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819- 1808), politician, of a Welsh family, son of Charles Jones, major in the loth hussars and equerry to Ernest, duke of Cumberland ..."

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