hos|tler

hos|tler
hos|tler «OS luhr, HOS-», noun.
1. a person who takes care of horses at an inn or stable; stableman; groom.
2. a person who moves locomotives around a railroad yard or shop.
3. Obsolete. an innkeeper. Also, ostler.
[Middle English hostiler innkeeper, head of a hospice < Old French hostelier < hostel hostel]

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