stableboy

[ stey-buhl-boi ]

/ ˈsteɪ bəlˌbɔɪ /

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noun

a person who works in a stable.

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Origin of stableboy

First recorded in 1720–30; stable¹ + boy

Words nearby stableboy

stabilizer, stabilizer bar, stabilograph, stab kick, stable, stableboy, stable door, stable equation, stable fly, Stableford, stable lad

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How to use stableboy in a sentence

Here she found three horses, one equipped with the pillion on which she was to ride behind a burly stableboy.
The Tavern Knight|Rafael Sabatini
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
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
Then he went down to the sitting room, where a good fire was burning, and shouted for his new stableboy.
Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery|Theodore Goodridge Roberts

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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