Hostler

Noun

 * 1) A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom
 * 2)  A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine.

Synonyms

 * groom

Related terms

 * hostelry

Thesaurus
breaker, breeder, broncobuster, buckaroo, cattleman, cow keeper, cowman, dairy farmer, dairyman, equerry, farrier, grazier, groom, horseshoer, rancher, ranchero, ranchman, sheepman, stableboy, stableman, stock raiser, stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, tamer, trainer

Alternative forms

 * ostler

Etymology
Syncopated form of hosteler: < hostiler: <  hostelier: <  hostilarius: < hospitalarius: < hospitale: "inn" < hospitalis: "hospitable" < hospes: "host, guest". Both hostler and its alternate form "ostler" originally meant simply "inkeeper", and acquired a specific association with horses in the second half of the 14th century.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Polish: stajenny
 * Russian:


 * Swedish: världshusvärd
 * Turkish:


 * Polish: parowozowy
 * Russian: ремонтный слесарь (remóntny slésar')


 * Swedish: underhållsarbetare
 * Turkish: makinist

Anagrams

 * holster