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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Hŏs'tler, n.

noun

(hŏs'ler, or ŏs'ler) (Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. hostelier, N. Fr. hôtelier, innkeeper, Pr. hostalier, ostalier, O. Sp. hostalero. See HOSTEL.]

  1. The person who has the care of horses at an inn;—so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person.
  2. Any one who takes care of horses; a stable-boy; a groom.