stableboy

American

[stey-buhl-boi] / ˈsteɪ bəlˌbɔɪ /

noun

a person who works in a stable.

stableboy British

/ ˈsteɪbəlˌmæn, ˈsteɪbəlˌbɔɪ, -mən /

noun

a boy or man who works in a stable

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Etymology

Origin of stableboy

First recorded in 1720–30; stable ¹ + boy

Example Sentences

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A storybook stableboy turns pirate and rescues his beloved, who is about to marry a dreadful prince.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2019

Emily Brontë's gothic heroine Cathy loves stableboy Heathcliff but marries squire Edgar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

Oh, yes, it's also the anniversary of the death of her beloved stableboy, Daniel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2015

Read's Heathcliff is not a stableboy but a contemporary Yorkshire parson's son who sulks because God did not make him an aristocrat.

From Time Magazine Archive

The huge stableboy put both hands fiat on the door, pushed, and grunted.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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