hostler

hostler has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.
• n.. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; -- so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
• n.. The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.
• n.. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses