English Dictionary

hostler

/ˈ(h)ɒs.lə/

noun

A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom / (by extension) A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine.

The hostler at the inn took care of the guests' horses.

意味（1）

A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom

As the chaise drove through Clavering, the hostler standing whistling under the archway of the Clavering Arms, winked the postilion ominously, as much as to say all was over.

意味（2）

(by extension) A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine.