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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Railroad) The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hostler n 1: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses [syn: stableman, stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "hostler": 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