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stableman

stableman noun: a person employed to take care of horses in a stable.

stableman: a person employed to take care of horses in a stable
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Noun

stableman (plural stablemen)

  1. A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
    • Near-synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous)
    • In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93
    Synonyms:
    stablehand, stable boy, groom[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms of stableman

Forms of stableman

pluralstablemen

Origin of stableman

From stable + -man.

Questions about stableman

What does stableman mean?
Stableman means a person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
What part of speech is stableman?
Stableman is a noun.
What is the plural of stableman?
The plural of stableman is stablemen.

Words near stableman in the dictionary

  1. stablehands
  2. stablekeeper
  3. stablekeepers
  4. stableless
  5. stablelike
  6. stableman
  7. stablemaster
  8. stablemasters
  9. stablemate
  10. stablemates
  11. stablemen

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