stableman

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Etymology

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stable +‎ -man

Noun

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stableman (plural stablemen)

  1. A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
    • 1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93:
      In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.

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