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eq⋅uer⋅ry

  [ek-wuh-ree, i-kwer-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. an officer of a royal or similar household, charged with the care of the horses.
2. an officer of the British royal household who attends the sovereign or other member of the royal family.
Origin:
1520–30; alter. (influenced by L equus horse) of earlier esquiry, escuirie < MF escuirie stable, squires collectively, deriv. of escuyer squire; see -y 3
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eq·uer·ry   (ěk'wə-rē)   
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.


[French écurie, stable, from Old French escurie, from escuier, squire; see squire.]
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Word Origin & History

equerry 
1591, short for groom of the equirrie, from esquiry "stables," from M.Fr. escuerie, perhaps from M.L. scuria "stable," from O.H.G. scura "barn;" or from O.Fr. escuier "groom," from V.L. scutarius "shield-bearer." In either case, spelling infl. by L. equus "horse," to which it is not related.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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