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equerry

[ UK /ˈɛkwəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
  2. a personal attendant of the British royal family

How To Use equerry In A Sentence

  • Son of a court equerry in Munich, he was apprenticed in 1582/3 to the court painter, Hans Donauer.
  • The couple met on the show last autumn when the former equerry to the Duke of York ended up choosing presenter Jonsson over the contestants.
  • Bertie's hour proved more eventful for both his comptroller and his equerry decided to show up right after the gentlemen separated from the ladies.
  • Come, valiant sir," said Wamba, "I must be your armourer as well as your equerry -- - I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you. Ivanhoe. A Romance
  • “Come, valiant sir,” said Wamba, “I must be your armourer as well as your equerry — I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you.” Ivanhoe
  • I have chosen thee for my equerry to-day; so make thou haste and don thine armor, and then come hither again, and Hollingwood will fit thee with a wreathed bascinet I have within, and a juppon embroidered with my arms and colors. Men of Iron
  • Yes Jamie had a job of being his equerry, but it was more of a social position that would give him connection to better himself in the eyes of British Society.
  • We learn that Lady Diana's parents have a house next door to Sandringham and that her father was an equerry of King George VI.
  • In due course, the horse arrived with the vet, groom, and an equerry, in a large horsebox.
  • ‘We were ushered in by the Queen's equerry, a young man with a uniform and a sword at his side, just in case I did anything terrible I suppose,’ he says, chuckling.
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