Equerry

Word EQUERRY
Character 7
Hyphenation eq uer ry
Pronunciations /ɪˈkwɛ.ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Equerry"

What do we mean by equerry?

A personal attendant to the British royal household. noun

An officer charged with supervision of the horses belonging to a royal or noble household. noun

A large stable or lodge for horses. noun

An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses. noun

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

A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative. noun

An official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles noun

A personal attendant of the British royal family noun

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

A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.

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The word "equerry" in example sentences

None of the children had any very clear idea as to the meaning of that word 'equerry'; therefore it always filled them with a vague terror of unknown possibilities. ❋ Unknown (1911)

"I can only speak of what I saw -- of the keepers of the horses, and of the other men, whom, in my unfamiliarity with military fashions, I will call equerry, armorer, and squire or page. ❋ Lewis Wallace (1866)

“The Queen was disappointed, of course,” a former Palace equerry said. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)

Another of the aunts, Sophia, got away from Kew only to give birth to an illegitimate child, said by the gossips to have been fathered either by an equerry or by her own brother, Ernest Duke of Cumberland. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jonsson stepped into the breach, marrying the former Duchess of York's equerry in August 2003. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So you may guess that the matter on which he had sent for me was one of the gravest national import - Prince Albert, our saintly Bertie the Beauty, wanted a new aide-de-camp, or equerry, or toadeater-extraordinary, and nothing would do but our new Commander must set all else aside to see the thing was done properly. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

Maybe a royal equerry might put us out of our misery – was that the young David slept rough on the Mall before the last big royal wedding in 1981. ❋ Rachel Johnson (2010)

Apparently the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, and the Queen's equerry will still be walking backwards and:Their successors will also be expected to learn to walk backwards safely and discreetly when leaving the monarch's presence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps she thought I still keep an equerry of the household and a dozen grooms of the chamber to open my door. ❋ Philippa Gregory (2009)

He subsequently became an equerry in Tsarskoe Selo. ❋ Matterhorn (2009)

This gallant equerry was mounted on a steed as old as that which toiled betwixt the shafts of the carriage, and which he guided by a leading rein. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Patrick Jephson, Diana's former equerry and spokesperson, hopes Kate is a sign that, with William, the British monarchy will return to the days of authenticity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Imperfectly heard, and still more imperfectly comprehended, by the startled attendant whom De Vaux addressed thus hastily, the equerry and his fellow-servants of the royal chamber rushed hastily into the tents of the neighbouring nobility, and quickly spread an alarm, as general as the cause seemed vague, through the whole British forces. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“It is too grave a plant to flourish on so hot a soil as that headpiece of thine, Master Roland Graeme,” retorted the other, who was an old equerry of Sir Halbert Glendinning. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(They met when he served as Charles's equerry; he's also an ex-boyfriend of Tiggy Legge-Bourke's, the woman Charles hired to look after the boys.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

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