/ek"weuh ree, i kwer"ee/ , n. , pl. 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.
[ 1520-30; alter. (influenced by L equus horse) of earlier esquiry, escuirie escuirie stable, squires collectively, deriv. of escuyer SQUIRE; see -Y 3 ]