equerry

[ek-wuh-ree, ih-kwer-ee] / ˈɛk wə ri, ɪˈkwɛr i /

NOUN

groom

Synonyms

STRONG

hostler

WEAK

stable person

NOUN

horseman

Synonyms

STRONG

broncobuster buckaroo cavalryman cowboy dragoon equestrian gaucho jockey postilion pricker roughrider

WEAK

horse guard horse trainer

NOUN

page

Synonyms

STRONG

attendant bellhop servant youth

WEAK

errand runner

NOUN

valet

Synonyms

STRONGEST

servant

STRONG

dresser manservant squire

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Mr Olney previously worked for the prince as his equerry.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 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

More combative if not entirely unsympathetic is the equerry, Maj.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

He sent an equerry to gallop for the trees.

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