stablehand

stablehand

English

Alternative forms

  • stable hand
  • stable-hand

Etymology

From stable +‎ hand.

Pronunciation

Noun

stablehand (plural stablehands)

  1. A person who works in a stable.
    Hypernyms: worker < person
    Near-synonyms: stableman, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous); stable girl, liveryman

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