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hostler

[hos-ler, os-ler] / ˈhɒs lər, ˈɒs lər /
NOUN
groom
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The new streets-as-buildings would provide garages at every stop, making disposal of the auto as simple as flinging the reins to the hostler at the local inn.

From Time Magazine Archive

The groom or hostler, a man she had never seen, was standing in the door, eyes wide with fright.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

"Why, then, go with me," quoth this hostler.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

But the hostler was a still more wonderful man.

From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace

Their hostler candidate might have had horse sense to burn, but he hadn't read law.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.