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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Variant of hostler.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. See hostler, hostlcress.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See hostler.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses

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  • ruzuzu Me too. Whenever I see the moon surrounded by clouds, I think of it as a "ghostly galleon." Jun 14, 2011

  • sionnach Ooh! I love "The Highwayman"! Jun 14, 2011

  • ruzuzu

    And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
    Where Tim the ostler listened; his face was white and peaked;
    His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,
    But he loved the landlord's daughter,
    The landlord's red-lipped daughter,
    Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say—

    "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
    But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
    Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
    Then look for me by moonlight,
    Watch for me by moonlight,
    I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."


    From "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Jun 14, 2011

‘ostler’ has been looked up 1284 times, added to 21 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 6.