A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom.
Mr. Frank Churchill having resolved to go home directly, without waiting at all, and his horse seeming to have got a cold, Tom had been sent off immediately for the Crown chaise, and the ostler had stood out and seen it pass by, the boy going a good pace, and driving very steady.
Phonetic spelling of hostler, from late 14th century.
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