hostler

hostler

See also: Hostler

English

WOTD – 13 January 2008

Alternative forms

• ostler

Etymology

Syncopated form of hosteler, from Middle English hostiler, from Middle French hostiler, from Old French hostelier, from Medieval Latin hostilārius, hospitālārius, from hospitāle "inn", from hospitālis "hospitable", from hospes "host, guest". Both hostler and its alternate form ostler originally meant simply "innkeeper", and acquired a specific association with horses in the second half of the 14th century. Doublet of hotelier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɒs.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɑːs.lɚ/

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Noun

hostler (plural hostlers)

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

Synonyms

• groom

Related terms

• hostelry

Translations

person at an inn who looks after horses

Dutch: staljongen (nl) m Hebrew: סַיָּס‎ (he) m (sayás) Kurdish: seyîs‎ (ku) (seyîs) Latin: agāsō m

Polish: stajenny m Russian: ко́нюх (ru) (kónjux) Swedish: världshusvärd c Turkish: seyis (tr)

person employed to care for a locomotive

Polish: parowozowy (pl) m Russian: ремонтный слесарь (remóntny slésar')

Swedish: underhållsarbetare c Turkish: makinist (tr)

See also

• hosteler

Anagrams

• Holters, holster, orthels

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Middle English

Noun

hostler

1. Alternative form of hostiler