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MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

MASTER OF THE See also:
HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)
HORSE , in See also:

England, an important See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official of the See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign's See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household. The master of the horse is the third dignitary of the See also:

court, and is always a member of the See also:

MINISTRY

ministry (before 1782 the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was of See also:

CABINET

cabinet See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank), a peer and a privy councillor. All matters connected with the horses and hounds of the sovereign, as well as the stables and See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach-houses, the See also:

STUD

stud, See also:

MEWS, PETER (1619-1706)

mews and kennels, are within his See also:

jurisdiction. The See also:

PRACTICAL

practical management of the royal stables and stud devolves on the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief or See also:

CROWN

crown See also:

EQUERRY (from the Fr. ecuric, a stable, through its older form escurie, from the Med. Lat. scuria, a word of Teutonic origin for a stable or shed, cf. Ger. Scheuer; the modern spelling has con-fused the word with the Lat. equus, a horse)

equerry, formerly called the See also:

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of the horse, who is never in See also:

PERSONAL

personal attendance on the sovereign and whose See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment is permanent. The clerk See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal has the supervision of the accounts of the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department before they are submitted to the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

Green See also:

CLOTH

Cloth, and is in waiting on the sovereign on See also:

state occasions only. Exclusive of the crown equerry there are seven See also:

REGULAR

regular equerries, besides extra and honorary equerries, one of whom is always in attendance on the sovereign and rides at the See also:

side of the royal See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage. They are always See also:

OFFICERS

officers of the See also:

army, and each of them is " on See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty " for about the same See also:

time as the lords and grooms in waiting. There are also several pages of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour in the master of the horse's department, who must not be confounded with the pages of various kinds who are in the department of the See also:

lord chamber-lain. They are youths aged from twelve to sixteen, selected by the sovereign in See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, to attend on him at state ceremonies, when two of them, arrayed in an See also:

ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique See also:

costume, assist the See also:

GROOM

groom of the See also:

STOLE (Lat. stela and orarium, Fr. etole, It. stola, Sp. estola, Ger. Stela)

stole in carrying the royal See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train: In See also:

France the master of the horse (" See also:

GRAND

Grand Ecuyer," or more usually " See also:

MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, lord)

Monsieur le grand ") was one of the seven See also:

GREAT

great officers of the crown from 1617. As well as the superintendence of the royal stables, he had that of the See also:

RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)

retinue of the sovereign, also the See also:

charge of the funds set aside for the religious functions of the court, coronations, &c. On the See also:

DEATH

death of a sovereign he had the right to all the horses and their equipment in the royal stables. Distinct from this officer and See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent of him, was the first equerry (" Premier tcuyer "), who had charge of the horses which the sovereign used personally (" la petite ecurie "), and who attended on him when he rode out.

The office of master of the horse existed down to the reign of See also:

Louis XVI. Under Louis XVIII. and See also:

Charles X. the duties were discharged by the first equerry, but under See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. and Napoleon III. the office was revived with much of its old importance. In See also:

Germany the master of the horse (Oberststallmeister) is a high court dignitary; but his office is merely titular, the superintendence of the See also:

king's stables being carried out by the Oberstallmeister, an official corresponding to the crown equerry in England.

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