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hostler
(encz) | hostler,podkoní n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hostler
(gcide) | Hostler \Hos"tler\, n. [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF.
hostelier, F. h[^o]telier. See Hostel, and cf.
Hospitaler, Hosteler.]
1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
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2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable;
hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so
called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this
duty in person.
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3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive
when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
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hostler
(wn) | hostler
n 1: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
[syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler,
ostler] |
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Hostler
(gcide) | Hostler \Hos"tler\, n. [OE. hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF.
hostelier, F. h[^o]telier. See Hostel, and cf.
Hospitaler, Hosteler.]
1. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
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2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable;
hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so
called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this
duty in person.
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3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive
when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
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