Definition of HOSTLER

hostler

Plural: hostlers

Noun

  • A person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
  • someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
  • A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.
  • A railway worker employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine; especially, a yard jockey.

Examples

  • With a ’H’, ’O’, ’S’, ’T’, ’L’, ’E’, ’R’, I felt like a Words With Friends hostler, tending my tiles carefully.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hostiler, from Middle French hostiler, from Old French hostelier, from Medieval Latin hostilārius, hospitālārius, from hospitāle "inn", from hospitālis "hospitable", from hospes "host, guest". Both hostler and its alternative form ostler originally meant simply "innkeeper", and acquired a specific association with horses in the second half of the 14th century. Doublet of hosteler and hotelier.

Scrabble Score: 10

hostler: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hostler: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hostler: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

hostler: valid Words With Friends Word