18 April 2018
equerry
[ek-wuh-ree, ih-kwer-ee]
noun, plural equerries.
1. an officer of a royal or similar household, charged with the care of the horses.
2. an officer of the British royal household who attends the sovereign or other member of the royal family.
Origin of equerry
Middle French Latin
1520-1530; alteration (influenced by Latin equus horse) of earlier esquiry, escuirie < Middle French escuirie stable, squires collectively, derivative of escuyer squire; see -y3
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Examples from the Web for equerry
Historical Examples
Here, then, we found the equerry again, consumed by anxiety.
The Strolling Saint
Raphael Sabatini
The chamberlains and the equerry have departed with their letters of announcement.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863
Various
Take Martin, the equerry, with you, and three of the grooms.
Graham’s Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848
Various
Holding his captive before him, Damis turned to the equerry.
Giants on the Earth
Sterner St. Paul Meek
He ordered his equerry to offer them his protection, and everything that they might require.
The Frog Prince and Other Stories
Anonymous
The Prince conferred on him the appointment of equerry, with a salary of 300L.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.
Pierce Egan
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18 April 1983 – a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb that destroyed the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, 17 of whom were American. Most of the victims were CIA and embassy staff, a number of soldiers and a Marine. Pro-Iranian group, Islamic Jihad Organization, claimed responsibility. However, it’s believed the attack was undertaken by Lebanese group, Hezbollah, in response to the intervention of a multinational force, comprised of western nations, in the Lebanese Civil War.
18 April 1996 – At least 106 civilians are killed in Lebanon when Israel shells a United Nations refugee compound at Quana where more than 800 Palestinians and Lebanese were sheltered. Israel claimed it was an accident and that they were trying to hit a nearby Hezbollah position that had fired at them. Hezbollah claimed they had fired because Israel breached the security zone in order to lay land-mines. Both the UN and Amnesty International investigated and found that Israel had deliberately attacked the refugee camp; a claim that Israel denies. Human Rights Watch found that Israel’s use of high-explosive shells and anti-personnel shells were designed to maximise casualities and their use so close to a civilian area, breached international humanitarian law.
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