stableman

English

Etymology

stable +‎ -man

Noun

stableman (plural stablemen)

A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.
- 1851, Harry Hieover, The Pocket and the Stud, page 93:
  In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing.

Usage notes

stable boy is more common.

Translations

person employed to take care of horses in a stable

Azerbaijani: mehtər (az), atabaxan
Bulgarian: коняр m (konjar)
Finnish: tallirenki
Georgian: მეჯინიბე (meǯinibe)
German: Stallknecht (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἱπποκόπος m (hippokópos)
Irish: giolla stábla m
Japanese: 別当 (ja) (べっとう, bettō)
Latin: equīsō m
Macedonian: ко́њушар m (kónjušar), ко́њар m (kónjar)
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: koniuch (pl)
Romanian: grăjdar (ro) m
Russian: ко́нюх (ru) m (kónjux)

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