Palfrey n. : A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse.

Palfrey n. : A small saddle horse for ladies.

Example:
Is it suspicious that Deborah Palfrey the madam who serviced Washington DC commited "suicide?"?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
Palfrey is a type of horse highly valued as a riding horse in the Middle Ages. It is not a breed. The word "palfrey" is cognate with the German word for horse (of any type), "Pferd". Both descend from Latin "paraveredus", meaning a post horse or courier horse. ...