ostleress

English

Etymology

ostler +‎ -ess

Noun

ostleress (plural ostleresses)

1. A female ostler.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 21:

     Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress, and the club having entered the allotted space, dancing began.

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