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equery

equery is the alternative form of equerry.

Meaning of equerry

Noun

equerry (plural equerries)

  1. An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
  2. (UK) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.
    • 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.1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, pages 36, 47

Forms of equery

pluralequeries

Questions about equery

What is equery the alternative form of?
Equery is the alternative form of equerry.

Words near equery in the dictionary

  1. equeries
  2. equerries
  3. equerry
  4. equerryship
  5. equerryships
  6. equery
  7. eques
  8. equestionnaire
  9. equestionnaires
  10. equestrial
  11. equestrian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: equery (page history and authors); equerry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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