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Noun: hostler  hós-lu(r)
  1. [US] A railway worker who moves and services locomotives in a train yard
    "The hostler guided the engine into the roundhouse"
     
  2. [archaic] Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
    "The hostler groomed the horses every morning";
    - groom, ostler [archaic]

Derived forms: hostlers

Type of: hand, hired hand

Encyclopedia: Hostler