hostler
UK/ˈ(h)ɒs.lə//ˈ(h)ɑs.lɚ/
hostler noun: a worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
Noun
hostler (plural hostlers)
- A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
- 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.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850...
- Synonyms:
- groom
- A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.
- The employees contend that inasmuch as there are seven engines hostled at Sleepy Eye within a 12-hour period, a hostler from the ranks of the firemen must be assigned […]1924, Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board, page 732
Proper noun capitalized: Hostler
Hostler (plural Hostlers)
- A surname.
hostler meaning in Tamil and Arabic
hostler in Tamil
- குதிரைப்பாகன்
hostler in Arabic
- person at an inn who looks after horses
- سَائِس sāʔis
Synonyms of hostler
Forms of hostler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hostlers |
| alternative form | ostler |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hostlers |
Origin of hostler
From Middle English hostiler, from Middle French hostiler, from Old French hostelier, from Medieval Latin hostilārius, hospitālārius, from hospitāle "inn", from hospitālis "hospitable", from hospes "host, guest". Both hostler and its alternative form ostler originally meant simply "innkeeper", and acquired a specific association with horses in the second half of the 14th century. Doublet of hosteler and hotelier.
Words formed from hostler
Words that rhyme with hostler
Questions about hostler
- What does hostler mean?
- Hostler means a worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
- What is hostler in Tamil?
- Hostler in Tamil is குதிரைப்பாகன். See Hostler meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hostler?
- Hostler can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hostler?
- Hostler is pronounced /ˈ(h)ɒs.lə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hostler?
- The plural of hostler is hostlers.
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