hostler
Meanings
Plural: hostlers
Noun
- someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
- A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 10
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Words With Friends Score: 10
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