单词 | carving esquire |
释义 | > as lemmascarving esquire c. Applied to various officers in the service of a king or nobleman, as esquire for (or of) the body, esquire of the chamber, esquire of the stable [compare equerry n., which was sometimes confused with this] , carving esquire, etc. ΚΠ 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 32 §7 David Philippe, Esquyer for the body of oure Sovereign Lord the Kyng. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1381/2 Chiefe escuir of the kings escuir, and the other escuires of the escuir togither. 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §26. 18 The kinge shall have..an esquier to carve before the kinge. < as lemmas |
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