Meaning

noun an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles

noun a personal attendant of the British royal family

originFrom 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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