About The Word Hostler
Learn about the word Hostler to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Hostler definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Hostler
Hostler Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Hostler?
[n] someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hostler: groom | ostler | stableboy | stableman Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | hand | hired hand | hired man Hostler In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
- Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
- Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
- Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
- Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
- Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
- Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
- Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
- Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
- Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…