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equerry
equerry e.kweri, ikwe.ri, . Forms: {alpha}; 6 esquiry(e, 7 escuirie, 8 escurie. {beta}; 6 equirrie, 7 equerie, 7-9 equery, 7- equerry. {gamma}; aphet. 6-8 query, -rry, quiry, -rry. ad. Fr. écurie, earlier escurie (also escuierie, by erroneous association with escuyer esquire), med.L. scuria stable, f. OHG. scûr shed, shelter (whence sciura, MHG. schiure, mod.G. scheuer barn). The surviving Eng. form is due to an erroneous idea of some connexion with L. equus horse; the accentuation on the first syll., favoured by most Dicts. of the present century, is due to the same cause.
1. The stables belonging to a royal or princely household; the body of officers in charge of the stables. Obs.
{alpha}
1552 Huloet, Esquirye, equitium.
1595 in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scotl. (1677) vi. 413 His Majesties house and esquiry and stable.
1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 84 The keeping of an escuirie or stable of horses.
{beta}
1600 Gowrie Conspir. in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 190 His hienes being now come downe by the equerie.
A. 1691 Boyle Wks. VI. 354 (R.), Sir R. P., that is, (in the ear) Sir Robert Pye of the equerry.
1731 in Bailey vol. II.
1800 Coleridge Piccolom. i. ix, There is brought to me from your equerry A splendid..hunting dress.
{gamma}
1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxiv. (1632) 1183 He hauing familiar acquaintance in the Quirry.
1633 Ford Love's Sacr. i. ii, There's not a groom o' the query could have match'd The jolly riding man.
1719 Glossogr. Angl. Nova s.v. Querry, A Gentleman of the Querry.
2. Short for `gentleman of the equerry', `groom of the equerry'; cf. AF. esquire de qurye, OF. escuyer d' escuyrie.
a. A groom (obs.).
b. An officer in the service of a royal or other exalted personage, charged with the care of the horses. At the English Court, an officer of the royal household, charged with the duty of occasional attendance on the sovereign.
{alpha}
1708 Chamberlain State Gt. Brit. i. ii. xii. (1743) 100 The constable hath also the power of escuries & pages;
{beta}
1591 Horsey Trav. (1857) 197 At Yeraslaue another equirrie of the stable mett him.
1679-88 Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas; (1851) 151 In repayring of his house as one of the equerys.
1813 Examiner 3 May 280/2 His Royal Highness..left Carlton House..accompanied by Captain Portier, his Equery.
1839 tr. Lamartine's Trav. East 41/1 The equerry of Lady Stanhope, who is at the same time her physician.
1865 Maffei Brigand Life II. 18 The equerries and militia of the barons.
{gamma}
1526 Househ. Ord. 172 The Master of the Horse..to have sitting with him at his table the Esquires de Qurye and the Avenor.
1526 Househ. Ord. 206 The Master of the Horses doe appoint all such Querries, Officers, and Keepers as, etc.
1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. vii. (1641) 61/2 As skilfull Quirry, that commands the Stable Of some great Prince.
1603 Florio Montaigne i. ix. (1632) 17 A Gentleman..serving the King in place of one of the Quiers of his Quierie.
1608 Bp. Hall Epist. i. vi, Francesco del Campo (one of the Arch-Dukes Quiryes).
1693 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) III. 165 Mr. Charles Turner..querrie to King James.
1763 Mrs. E. Stanley Prince Titi 14 The Querry or Riding-Master..beat down a poor ancient Woman into a very miry Place.
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