Hostler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈ(h)ɒs.lə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hostler is a noun meaning A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
Meaning
A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
More Meanings
- (by extension, US) A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.
Example Sentences
As the chaise drove through Clavering, the hostler standing whistling under the archway of the Clavering Arms, winked the postilion ominously, as much as to say all was over.
Word Forms
- hostlers
Synonyms for hostler
Depending on context, synonyms include groom, switcher, shunter, ostler, stableman, stableboy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ostler, stableman, stableboy, groom, helper, hosteller.
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