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equerry

UK/ɪˈkwɛ.ɹi/ US/ˈɛ.kwə.ɹi/ uncommon uk

noun

1.

an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles

2.

Origin

From an alteration of earlier esquiry (through the influence of the unrelated Latin equus), from Middle French escuirie, escuerie, derivative of escuyer (“squire”), or alternatively from Medieval Latin scuria (“stable”), from Old High German scura (“barn”). Compare esquire.

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