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stableman

American  
[stay-buhl-muhn, -man] / ˈsteɪ bəl mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

  • stablemen
    plural
  1. a person who works in a stable.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of stableman

First recorded in 1720–30; stable 1 + man


Example Sentences

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But he recovers enough to gallop again thanks to the help of a vet, a stableman and a Labrador.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2022

After finding a reindeer to replace the injured Prancer, Santa’s stableman finds himself falling in love with the animal’s owner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019

Mr. Malbone eventually remarried, and he and his wife had a son, also named Ralph, who exhausted the family fortune and ended up working as a stableman for a Brooklyn hotel.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2016

Jim Brawley, stableman of nth Street Garage, had to go without his supper at the entertainment and dance.

From Time Magazine Archive

He spoke to the stableman, who soon brought round the cart, low-wheeled and nimble; harnessed the mules, and backed them in the traces.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

She wards off loneliness through peculiar obsessions, particularly a fantasy TV series called “Purgatory” and the horse she once owned, which she visits frequently enough to annoy its new owner and stablemen.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

At the depot itself, the veterinary staff worked alongside an even larger corps of workers, including farriers and stablemen as well as loaders and wranglers.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2016

At the oat pail, Silky is what stablemen call a "good doer."

From Time Magazine Archive

It turned out that this was youth and inexperience, as harmless as chickenpox; in his convalescent state he realized that stablemen didn't need company as much as they needed better living accommodations.

From Time Magazine Archive

They included Giusta’s wife, maids, cooks, porters, gardeners, stablemen, and doormen.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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