Stableman
[steiblmәn]
Definition
(noun.) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
Editor: Pierre--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
Checker: Tessie
Examples
- Mr Crich had gone out for a short drive, the stableman had just led round Gerald's horse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Sir Percival himself dismissed the grooms and stablemen, sending them, with all the horses but one, to London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She was the favourite of her father and of the stablemen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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