horse-boyn.

Forms: see horse n. and boy n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., boy n.¹

Etymology: < horse n. + boy n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-boy.

A boy employed to attend to horses; a stable-boy. (Often contemptuous.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > groom

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1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 122 Except ȝe will euiry lady in the land to be subdeuit to hir awin cuik or horsboy.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 127 Though thereby their state bee no better then horseboyes.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxvii. 106 For three long years I bowed my pride, A horse-boy in his train to ride.

1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 375 Every horse-boy and powder-monkey in the army.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	horse-boy
释义	horse-boyn. Forms: see horse n. and boy n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., boy n.¹ Etymology: < horse n. + boy n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-boy. A boy employed to attend to horses; a stable-boy. (Often contemptuous.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > groom palfreyman1297 horse-knavec1300 palfreyour1301 hostlera1450 ostlerc1449 stable groomc1485 palfrenier1490 equerry1552 jack-boy1562 horse-boy1563 custrel1577 ostleress1639 saddle nag1647 syce1650 groom1667 pad-groom1743 stable-boy1745 stableman1745 mehtar1828 strapper1828 lad1848 stable-lad1856 mafoo1863 ostler boy1864 swipe1929 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 122 Except ȝe will euiry lady in the land to be subdeuit to hir awin cuik or horsboy. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 127 Though thereby their state bee no better then horseboyes. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxvii. 106 For three long years I bowed my pride, A horse-boy in his train to ride. 1847 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Wks. (1906) I. 375 Every horse-boy and powder-monkey in the army. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1563
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