stableman

noun

Etymology

From stable + -man.

  1. derived from stabulum
  2. derived from estable
  3. inherited from stable
  4. suffixed as stableman — “stable + man

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA