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stableboy

[ stey-buh l-boi ]
/ ˈsteɪ bəlˌbɔɪ /
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noun

a person who works in a stable.

Nearby words

  1. stable door,
  2. stable equation,
  3. stable fly,
  4. stable isotope,
  5. stable lad,
  6. stableford,
  7. stableman,
  8. stablemate,
  9. stabler,
  10. stabling

Origin of stableboy

First recorded in 1720–30; stable1 + boy
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Examples from the Web for stableboy

  • The stableboy noted the letter S blazoned on the blinds of the horses' bridles, but there were no letters on the carriage.

    Castle Craneycrow|George Barr McCutcheon

  • A man entered the room, whom I took for a stableboy; it was M. de Melfort.

    The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

  • He soon took his departure, a stableboy driving him back to the village.

    Thoroughbreds|W. A. Fraser

British Dictionary definitions for stableboy

stableboy

stableman (ˈsteɪbəlˌmæn, -mən)

/ (ˈsteɪbəlˌbɔɪ) /

noun plural -boys or -men

a boy or man who works in a stable
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