ostler
noun/ˈɒslə(r)/
/ˈɑːslər/
(also hostler)
- (in the past) a man who took care of guests’ horses at an innWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French hostelier ‘innkeeper’, from hostel, from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.
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