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stableman

[ stey-buhl-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural sta·ble·men [stey, -b, uh, l-m, uh, n, -men].
  1. a person who works in a stable.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stableman1

First recorded in 1720–30; stable 1 + man
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Example Sentences

Old Dan Harris, the stableman, stood in the door and silently he pointed to a gray horse in the barn-yard.

Affecting a jovial ease of mind, he commanded the company of his stableman, Elihu Titus, on the seat beside him.

It came from a stableman or coachman who was taking his little nap in a corner of the room.

Incidentally, Hull had been found by the stableman, curiously roped and tied and his lower jaw somewhat out of plumb.

While talking with the stableman, Bartley noticed a gray pony and in the next stall a buckskin--Cheyenne's horses.

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