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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOS'TLER, n. hos'ler. The person who has the care of horses at an inn.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler]

Merriam Webster's

also ostler noun Etymology: Middle English, innkeeper, hostler, from Anglo-French hosteler, from hostel Date: 14th century 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 = OSTLER. 2 US a person in charge of vehicles or machines, esp. railway engines, when they are not in use. Etymology: ME f. hosteler (as OSTLER)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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. 3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Groom, stable-servant, stable-boy.

Moby 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