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How to pronounce hostler in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms groom, ostler, stableboy, stableman
Type of hand, hired hand, hired man

Examples of hostler

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In the Westliche Post, he saw an ad for a mule hostler at Benton Barracks.
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Hostler thinks it was mistake for the United States to make marijuana illegal in the first place.
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In her career, she has also worn the hats of conductor, trainer, manager, fireman and hostler.
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Hostler, a BP employee on loan to Alyeska, announced he'd be retiring shortly after meeting with the staff of a congressional investigative committee.
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Hostler spent 27 years with BP prior to being named CEO of the pipeline, most recently as the company's senior vice president of global human resources.
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Various theories have claimed that Gediminas was either his predecessor Grand Duke Vytenis'son, his brother, his cousin, or his hostler.
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More examples
  • Stableman: someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
  • A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom; A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine
  • (Hostlers) Took care of the horses and mules at the stage stops, as well as changing the team.
  • An individual employed to move trucks and trailers within a terminal or warehouse yard area.
  • One who tends horses at an inn; sometimes ostler. Hugh is hostler at the Maypole in Barnaby Rudge, Mark Tapley is hostler at the Blue Dragon in Martin Chuzzlewit.
  • A person who operates engines in engine house territory and works under the direction of the engine house foreman (inside hostler). Some railroads created outside hostlers after a limited exam, who could deliver engines anywhere in the terminal.
  • Any employee (usually a fireman) who services engines, especially at division points and terminals. Also called ashpit engineer
  • A tractor, usually unlicensed, for moving containers within a yard. An employees who drives a tractor for the purpose of moving cargo within a container yard.
  • One who keeps a livery (usually 'Yosemite' or 'Tiny' in M7 fan fic)