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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)

EQUERRY (from the Fr. ecuric, a See also:
STABLE
stable, through its older See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form escurie, from the Med. See also:
LAT
Lat. scuria, a word of See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic origin for a stable or See also:
SHED
shed, cf. Ger. Scheuer; the See also:
MODERN
modern spelling has See also:
CON
con-fused the word with the Lat. equus, a See also:
HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)
horse) , a contracted See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " See also:

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of the See also:

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)

equerry," an officer in See also:

charge of the stables of a royal See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . At the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

court, equerries are See also:

OFFICERS

officers attached to the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, the first of whom is called See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

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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