stableman
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stableman From stable + -man.
- A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
“Near-synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous)”
“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.”