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Equerry

/ɪˈkwɛ.ɹi/

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

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noun

1
An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
2
A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.

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squirenoun	A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
waitingnoun	The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
horsemannoun	A man who rides a horse.
equerynoun	Alternative form of equerry. [An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.]
querrynoun	A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
equerryshipnoun	The state or business of an equerry.
master of the horsenoun	(historical) An equerry, especially the exalted official bearing this name at the British court.
avenernoun	(historical, obsolete) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.
esquirenoun	(usually US, law) A lawyer.
landreevenoun	(historical) A subofficer overseeing an area of land, a kind of bailiff or steward.
roughridernoun	(US, military, dated, slang) A member of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War
groomnoun	A man who is about to marry.
gentleman ushernoun	An usher in the British royal household.
horse soldiernoun	(military) An army member who fights horseback; a cavalry or cavalier.
clerk of the coursenoun	(horse racing) An official responsible for track management and raceday preparation at a racecourse.
underkeepernoun	(obsolete) A subordinate keeper or guardian.
train-bearernoun	An attendant who supports the train of a dignitary.
courtiernoun	A person in attendance at a royal court.
purveyornoun	One who purveys (“furnishes, provides; gets, procures”); a supplier; specifically, one in the business of supplying food or other necessary material goods; a provisioner.
cavaliernoun	A gentleman of the class of such officers, particularly: