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Stableboy

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of stable boy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A boy who is employed about a stable.

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

"And now every man guarding the walls and the gates, every servant that heard the cries of surprise, and every stableboy came running out to gape at the skies like a parcel of fools."

Equivalent

stableman

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hand hired man hired hand

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

groom hostler

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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