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EQUERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does equerry mean?
• EQUERRY (noun)
The noun EQUERRY has 2 senses:
1. an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
2. a personal attendant of the British royal family
Familiarity information: EQUERRY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("equerry" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A personal attendant of the British royal family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("equerry" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
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