hostler
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from hostilārius
- derived from hostelier
- derived from hostiler
- inherited from hostiler
Definitions
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.
A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine
A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA