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noun
An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
a personal attendant of the British royal family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender
noun
an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: official, functionary
History
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.
Across languages
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