stableman en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stableman From stable + -man.
Meanings
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A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.
1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93:Near-synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stablemen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
Relateds
horse boy · horseman · horse girl · horsewoman
Synonyms
stablehand · groom[Appendix:Glossary · stable boy
Translations (17)
ga giolla stábla (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · bg коняр (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · fi tallirenki (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · az atabaxan (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · de Stallknecht (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · pl koniuch (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · grc ἱπποκόπος (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · ja 別当 (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · ru ко́нюх (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · az mehtər (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · ro grăjdar (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · la equīsō (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · ka მეჯინიბე (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · sip ཆིབས་དཔོན (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · nb stallkar (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · mk ко́њар (person employed to take care of horses in a stable) · mk ко́њушар (person employed to take care of horses in a stable)