stableman

English

Etymology

From stable +‎ -man.

Noun

stableman (plural stablemen)

1. 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)