| 单词 | equerry |
| 释义 | equerry[ ek-wuh-ree, ih-kwer-ee ] / ˈɛk wə ri, ɪˈkwɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR equerry ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural eq·uer·ries.an officer of a royal or similar household, charged with the care of the horses. an officer of the British royal household who attends the sovereign or other member of the royal family. Origin of equerry1520–30; alteration (influenced by Latin equus horse) of earlier esquiry, escuirie<Middle French escuirie stable, squires collectively, derivative of escuyersquire; see -y3 Words nearby equerryequatorial plate, equatorial staphyloma, equatorial tide, equatorial trough, equatorward, equerry, equestrian, equestrienne, equi, equiangular, equiaxial Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for equerryBritish Dictionary definitions for equerryequerry / (ˈɛkwərɪ, at the British court ɪˈkwɛrɪ) / noun plural -riesan officer attendant upon the British sovereign (formerly) an officer in a royal household responsible for the horses Word Origin for equerryC16: alteration (through influence of Latin equus horse) of earlier escuirie, from Old French: stable, group of squires, from escuyer squire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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