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hobiler

hobiler is the alternative form of hobbler.

Meaning of hobbler

Noun (1)

hobbler (plural hobblers)

  1. (historical) One who by tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light-horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
    • However superior the Norman knight might be upon the field of battle, the bogs and woods of Ireland gave little opportunity for the mail-clad charge. Thus there evolved in Ireland, as a habitual part of every Anglo-Norman force, a type of light horseman, which came to be known as the hobelar.1954, James Francis Lydon, The hobelar: An Irish contribution to medieval warfare, Irish Sword, II, v, pp. 12–16.
  2. A small horse.
    • The horse was one of the finest I had seen, not a hobbler. This was a far more delicate creature.2005, Maureen Rylance, The Spur on the Plate
  3. An unlicensed pilot, casual dock labourer, etc.
  4. A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.

Noun (2)

hobbler (plural hobblers)

  1. One who hobbles.

Forms of hobiler

pluralhobilers

Questions about hobiler

What is hobiler the alternative form of?
Hobiler is the alternative form of hobbler.

Words near hobiler in the dictionary

  1. hobhouchins
  2. Hobhouse
  3. Hobhouses
  4. hobilar
  5. hobilars
  6. hobiler
  7. hobilers
  8. hobit
  9. hobits
  10. hobjob
  11. hobjobbed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hobiler (page history and authors); hobbler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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