1
: one who takes care of horses or mules
2
: one who moves locomotives in and out of a roundhouse
also
: one who services locomotives
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More than halfway through the film, Manny and Buck discover a formerly napping hostler, Sara.
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David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
Harris, who had worked as a hostler for the county sheriff, was arrested a short time later and taken to the jail on Main Street in Bel Air.
—David Anderson, The Aegis, 16 May 2017
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David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
Harris, who had worked as a hostler for the county sheriff, was arrested a short time later and taken to the jail on Main Street in Bel Air.
—David Anderson, The Aegis, 16 May 2017
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“Hostler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostler. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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hostler
noun
hos·tler
ˈäs-lər 
ˈhäs-
variants
also ostler
ˈäs-
: one who takes care of horses or mules
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