equerry

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An equerry is traditionally a military officer who acts as a royal assistant.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2022

Timothy Laurence, her lover and a former equerry to the queen.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Her team wants to depose Robert Ashton Olney, the prince's former royal assistant known as an equerry.

From Fox News • Jan. 31, 2022

Consider Peter Townsend, the equerry whose doomed romance with Princess Margaret is depicted in the show’s first season.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2019

He detached King Carados with a strong squadron to meet King Bars, only to find that a second equerry had sprung King Ban from the opposite side of him.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White