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ostlers

ostlers is the plural of ostler.

Meaning of ostler

Noun

ostler (plural ostlers)

  1. A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom.
    • Mr. Frank Churchill having resolved to go home directly, without waiting at all, and his horse seeming to have got a cold, Tom had been sent off immediately for the Crown chaise, and the ostler had stood out and seen it pass by, the boy going a good pace, and driving very steady.1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 8, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    groom

Questions about ostlers

What is ostlers the plural of?
Ostlers is the plural of ostler.

Words near ostlers in the dictionary

  1. ostkakas
  2. ostler
  3. ostleress
  4. ostleresses
  5. ostleries
  6. ostlers
  7. ostlery
  8. Ostman
  9. Ostmans
  10. ostmark
  11. ostmarks

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