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Definition of ostler in English: ostler(also hostler) noun ˈɒslə historical A man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn. 〈史〉（小旅店中替住店客人）照看骡马的人，马夫 Example sentencesExamples - When the two of them reached the entrance to the stables, a hostler came walking up.
- So the hostler cracked his whip, spurred on the lead horse on which he was seated, and the carriage splashed into the estuary.
- Candle makers, after all, cannot be expected to hail the invention of the electric light bulb, nor hostlers the advent of automobiles, nor canal-boat owners the building of railways, nor TV broadcasters the laying down of cable systems.
- No one would have mistaken him for anything other than a stable-boy or hostler, and these aristocratic brats always made it a point never to look twice at a servant.
- Erial smiled gratefully as the hostler brought up three horses.
- He partook of a leisurely breakfast, paid his reckoning, had the ostler bring his horse, and set off to the sound of church bells in the clear air.
- It didn't take long to pack things up with nine thousand men - not counting the servants, cooks, healers, horse hostlers, officers, and other assorted peoples - to do the work.
- After searching the entire castle, I eventually found them in the stables handing their horses over to the hostlers after a ride.
- Baning was employed there as an hostler, and to that extent he was entirely within his rights.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French hostelier 'innkeeper', from hostel (see hostel). |