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stableman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person employed to take care of horses in a stable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom (all traditionally loosely synonymous)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stablehand, stable boy, groom[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worker, person

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stableboy, groom, hostler, ostler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hired hand, hand, hired man

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stableman From stable + -man.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: mehtər — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Azerbaijani: atabaxan — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Bulgarian: коняр (konjar) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Finnish: tallirenki — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Georgian: მეჯინიბე (meǯinibe) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • German: Stallknecht — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Ancient Greek: ἱπποκόπος (hippokópos) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Irish: giolla stábla — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Japanese: 別当 (bettō) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Latin: equīsō — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Macedonian: ко́њушар (kónjušar) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Macedonian: ко́њар (kónjar) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stallkar — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Polish: koniuch — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Romanian: grăjdar — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Russian: ко́нюх (kónjux) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable
  • Sikkimese: ཆིབས་དཔོན (chibs dpon) — person employed to take care of horses in a stable