equerry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
  2. A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative. UK
    — A bedroom is provided for the equerry and one for the King's physician. […] The compartments for the doctor and equerry are panelled in West African betula and cherry mahogany.

词形变化

equerries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
equerryship

词源

From an alteration of earlier esquiry (through the influence of the unrelated Latin equus), from Middle French escuirie, escuerie, derivative of escuyer (“squire”), or alternatively from Medieval Latin scuria (“stable”), from Old High German scura (“barn”). Compare esquire.
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