equerry
An officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rankAn officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
Meaning
2 sensesAn officer responsible for the care and supervision of the horses of a person of rank.
Stallmeister
шталме́йстерštalméjster, коню́шийkonjúšij, ко́нюхkónjux
an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
(UK)A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.
Kammerherr, Kammerfrau, Adjutant
a personal attendant of the British royal family
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From an alteration of earlier esquiry (through the influence of the unrelated Latin equus)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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