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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 720 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EQUERRY (from the Fr. ecuric, a
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stable, through its older form escurie, from the Med.
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Lat. scuria, a word of Teutonic origin for a stable or
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shed, cf. Ger. Scheuer; the
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modern spelling has
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con-fused the word with the Lat. equus, a horse)
  , a contracted form of " gentleman of the equerry," an officer in charge of the stables of a royal household . At the
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British court, equerries are
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officers attached to the department of the master of the horse, the first of whom is called chief equerry (see HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL) .

End of Article: EQUERRY (from the Fr. ecuric, a stable, through its older form escurie, from the Med. Lat. scuria, a word of Teutonic origin for a stable or shed, cf. Ger. Scheuer; the modern spelling has con-fused the word with the Lat. equus, a horse)
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