equerry, equery

[Fr. écurie; O. Fr. escurie a stable, from Low Lat. scuria; O. H. Ger. skiura, scúra; M. H. Ger. schiure a shed; Ger. schauer. The spelling equerry is due to a supposed connection with Lat. equus =a horse.] *1. A stable. 2. An officer to whom is committed the care and management of the horses of nobles or princes. e-quěş, s. [Lat. = a horseman, from equus = a *1. Roman. Antiq .: A knight; one of the order of citizens known as Equites (q. v.). horse.] IMG:content-1095.png:[blocks in formation] 104. "A certain equestrian order of ladies." --Spectator , No. 4. Of or pertaining to the order of Roman citizens known as equites or knights. [EQUITES.] "One that had four hundred [sestertia] might be taken into the equestrian order."-Kennet: Antiq. of Rome, pt. ii., bk. iii., ch. i. B. As subst .: A rider on horseback; specifically, one who performs feats of horsemanship in a circus, .