Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See hostler, hostlcress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
hostler .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person employed at an
inn ,hostelry , orstable tolook after horses ; agroom
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then stepping to the kitchen door, with an audible voice he called the ostler, and in a very graceful accent said, "D-- n your blood, you cock-eyed son of a bitch, bring me my boots! did not you hear me call?"
The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 Henry Fielding 1730
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"Probably one of the inn servants, because he called the ostler by name.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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Mr. Marsh asked me to go and call the ostler up, and to tell him to get a post-chaise and four immediately.
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_ You handed the candles to him, and went immediately to call the ostler?
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_ Mr. Marsh asked me to go and call the ostler up, and tell him to get a post chaise and four immediately.
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As soon as I came into the stable I took the bridle off the horses, and called the ostler to me to help me, and to give the horses some oats.
Royalty Restored 1883
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The coach had set down six inside and ten out passengers (all voters) about ten minutes before Murphy marched up to the inn door, leading the black mare, and calling "ostler" most lustily.
Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life Samuel Lover 1832
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After Desmond spoke to the ostler, they climbed into the gig and drove off toward Ealing.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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After Desmond spoke to the ostler, they climbed into the gig and drove off toward Ealing.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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Now that caution found its reward: a mark whose fat purse he remembered from the inn in Durham, where Neil had ordered up a hasty meal to be eaten in the saddle and the rider had heaved himself down from his mount and pulled out his bulging purse to toss a handful of coins to the ostler who ran up to tend the horse.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word ostler
From "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
June 14, 2011
sionnach commented on the word ostler
Ooh! I love "The Highwayman"!
June 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word ostler
Me too. Whenever I see the moon surrounded by clouds, I think of it as a "ghostly galleon."
June 14, 2011