equerry

• Before Caroline left Naples he had been promoted from courier to equerry, and in this more exalted and privileged role was always at her side. —  Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
• However He returns to himself with a start, walks over to the hedge where the equerry is waiting for the reply. —  Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
• I will gonfer on 'er ze Order of Chastity of Lippe-Schweidnitz of ze zecond class He loosed his slim equerry, and hammered his enormous right palm with his huge left fist The slim equerry shook his head (this time without any assistance from his august master) and said She is too young, your Highness. —  Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl
• The Turkish ambassador was at the same time treated with the greatest distinction in the French camp; he accompanied Napoleon in all his reviews: the most flattering attentions were paid to him, and the grand-equerry (Caulaincourt,) was already treating with him for an alliance, offensive and defensive, when a sudden attack by the Russians interrupted the negotiation The ambassador returned to Warsaw, where the same respect continued to be shown him, up to the day of the decisive victory of Friedland. —  History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812
• The grand-equerry, brother of the unfortunate general, listened, and was at first petrified; but he soon summoned courage against this misfortune, and, but for the tears which silently coursed down his cheeks, you might have thought that he felt nothing. —  History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812

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