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# equerry

noun (equerries)

«equerry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An officer who looks after the horses of a king, queen or prince and rides beside them on journeys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equerry/#m1)
2. (old use) A royal attendant who helps a princess or lady of high rank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equerry/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, the princess's equerries are the servants who ride or wait on her and bow when she comes

### Examples

- The king's equerry held the prince's horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equerry/#x1)
- The princess's equerries bowed low as she passed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equerry/#x2)
- An equerry must always be ready to ride at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equerry/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «equerry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equerry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«equerry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/equerry.html) on Mova free.