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hostler

noun
hos·​tler | \ ˈhä-slÉ™r How to pronounce hostler (audio) , ˈä-\
variants: or less commonly \ ˈä-​slÉ™r How to pronounce ostler (audio) \

Definition of hostler

1 : one who takes care of horses or mules
2 : one who moves locomotives in and out of a roundhouse also : one who services locomotives

Examples of hostler in a Sentence

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 Harris, who had worked as a hostler for the county sheriff, was arrested a short time later and taken to the jail on Main Street in Bel Air. — David Anderson, The Aegis, "Cemetery for Harford County's poor given new life for Eagle Scout project," 16 May 2017

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First Known Use of hostler

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for hostler

Middle English hostiller, osteler "innkeeper, servant at an inn attending horses, person keeping horses for hire" — more at hosteler

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