Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - equerry
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(equerries) An equerry is an officer of a royal household or court who acts as a personal assistant to a member of the royal family. N-COUNT: oft N to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -ries) Etymology: modification of Middle French ecurie, escuyrie squires (collectively), duties of a squire, care of horses, stable, from escuier squire — more at esquire Date: 1591 1. an officer of a prince or noble charged with the care of horses 2. an officer of the British royal household in personal attendance on the sovereign or a member of the royal family ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 an officer of the British royal household attending members of the royal family. 2 hist. an officer of a prince's or noble's household having charge over the horses. Etymology: earlier esquiry f. OF esquierie company of squires, prince's stables, f. OF esquier ESQUIRE: perh. assoc. with L equus horse ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. конюший (придворный, ведающий королевскими лошадьми, экипажами; придворное звание в Англии) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1591, short for groom of the equirrie, from esquiry "stables," from M.Fr. escuerie, perhaps from O.H.G. scura "barn" or from O.Fr. escuier "groom," from L. scutarius "shield-bearer;" spelling infl. by L. equus "horse." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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