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Definition of: equerry
(ek′wə·rē) noun plural ·ries
1. An officer having charge of the horses of a prince or nobleman.
2. An officer of the royal household of England, who occasionally attends upon the sovereign or a royal prince. Also eq′uer·y. [<F écurie stable <OF escurie, ult. <Gmc.; infl. by L equus a horse]
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