stableboy
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈsteɪbəlˌbɔɪ/
:
mozo de establo
- "Who can sleep?" In answer, Gabe nodded toward a stableboy who was leaning back against the barn wall, dozing.
Examples
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A stableboy came vaulting out of the loft where he had slept; a dog barked and barked its tardy warning; people began to come out of the house door.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Channing Osborne, stableboy."
Fiction book (1995) -
In the early years, he'd risen from stableboy to exercise boy.
Fiction book (1995) -
We can become stableboys.
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Inside the barn, stableboys were busy mucking out, so the air was perfumed with the smells of manure, hay, and mud.
Fiction book (1995) -
The stableboy carefully brushed the horse's coat before the race.
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After finishing his chores, the stableboy took a moment to rest in the sun.
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The owner praised the stableboy for his dedication to the animals in his care.
Synonyms
9
5.3
A person who takes care of horses in a stable
1
5.5
A person who cares for horses and other animals in a stable
1
7.9
A man who works in a stable caring for horses
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9.9
A person who cares for horses at a stable or inn
A person who cares for horses and looks after the stable
A person who takes care of horses at a stable
A girl or woman who cares for horses in a stable
A woman who works in a stable to feed and care for horses
A person who looks after animals kept in stalls
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stableboy combines stable 'a building where horses are kept' and boy 'young male', so it literally names a young person who works in the stable caring for the horses.