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stableman

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

noun

plural

stablemen
  1. a person who works in a stable.


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

His father, a stableman, died when Keats was nine, and his mother remarried, unhappily.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was followed by four guardsmen in mailed shirts and coifs, and Joseth, a stick-thin stableman whom Robb had named master of horse while Hullen was away.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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