equerry (redirected from equerries)

eq·uer·ry  (kw-r)

n. pl. eq·uer·ries

1. A personal attendant to the British royal household.

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

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[French écurie, stable, from Old French escurie, from escuier, squire; see squire.]

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equerry [ˈɛkwərɪ (at the British court) ɪˈkwɛrɪ]

n pl -ries

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an officer attendant upon the British sovereign

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (formerly) an officer in a royal household responsible for the horses

[alteration (through influence of Latin equus horse) of earlier escuirie, from Old French: stable, group of squires, from escuyer squire]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	equerry - an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
	2.	equerry - a personal attendant of the British royal family attendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

Translations

equerry [ˈekwərɪ] N → caballerizo m del rey

equerry

n (= personal attendant) → persönlicher Diener (eines Mitgliedes der königlichen Familie); (in charge of horses) → königlicher Stallmeister