stableman
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
stableman (plural stablemen)
- A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
- 1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93:
- 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.
Usage notes edit
- stable boy is more common.
Translations edit
person employed to take care of horses in a stable
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