hostler

  • 11hostler — holster …

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  • 12hostler — noun variant spelling of ostler …

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  • 13hostler — n. Groom, stable servant, stable boy …

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  • 14hostler — noun (C) the usual American spelling of ostler …

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  • 15hostler — hos·tler …

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  • 16hostler — hos•tler [[t]ˈhɒs lər, ˈɒs lər[/t]] n. 1) a person who takes care of horses, esp. at an inn 2) cvb a person who services trains, buses, etc., or maintains large machines • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME; var. of hosteler …

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  • 17hostler — /ˈɒslə/ (say osluh) noun Obsolete → ostler. {Middle English, variant of hosteler, from Old French hostelier innkeeper} …

  • 18hostler — /hostlar/ In Norman and old English law, this was the title of the officer in a monastery charged with the entertainment of guests. It was also applied (until about the time of Queen Elizabeth) to an innkeeper, and afterwards, when the keeping of …

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  • 19hostler — /hostlar/ In Norman and old English law, this was the title of the officer in a monastery charged with the entertainment of guests. It was also applied (until about the time of Queen Elizabeth) to an innkeeper, and afterwards, when the keeping of …

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  • 20hostler — 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) …

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