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Hostler

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who is employed to tend horses, especially at an inn.

n. One who services a large vehicle or engine, such as a locomotive.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom

n. A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See hosteler.

n. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.

n. The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as hosteler, 1.

n. The person who has the care of horses at an inn; a stable-boy; a groom.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses

Word Usage

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Hypernym

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hand hired man hired hand

Cross Reference

hosteler

Variant

hosteler

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

groom

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