écuyer

Inherited from Middle French escuyer m, from Old French escuier m, inherited from Late Latin scūtārius m, from Latin scūtum n. Doublet of scutaire m.

• IPA^(key): /e.kɥi.je/, /e.ky.je/

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écuyer m (plural écuyers, feminine écuyère)

1. (historical) squire, equerry
2. rider, horseman

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• écu m
• écurie f

• “écuyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.