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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

But the hostler was a still more wonderful man.

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

They finally took the hostler off and put a cobbler on, who came in last.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.

The hostler was quaking visibly, and the Colonel seized her arm as though rescuing a drowning person.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett