stableboy

[ stey-buhl-boi ]

noun

1. a person who works in a stable.

stableboy

/ ˈsteɪbəlˌmæn; ˈsteɪbəlˌbɔɪ; -mən /

noun

1. a boy or man who works in a stable

Word History and Origins

Origin of stableboy¹

First recorded in 1720–30; stable ¹ + boy

Example Sentences

Here she found three horses, one equipped with the pillion on which she was to ride behind a burly stableboy.

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

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

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Then he went down to the sitting room, where a good fire was burning, and shouted for his new stableboy.

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

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