jobmastern.
/ˈdʒɒbˌmɑːstə/, /ˈdʒɒbˌmastə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑbˌmæstər/ 1. A man who lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a limited time. Cf. job n.2 Compounds 1. Now chiefly historical.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > of horses or carriages
hackney man1307
hackman1571
vittorin1613
vetturino1617
coach-master1721
jobman1794
jobmaster1802
jobber1809
jobbing master1835
fly-proprietor1845
1802 Sporting Mag. 20 182 A very respectable job~master and hackney-man.
1886 Leeds Mercury 9 Mar. 5/4 A meeting of coachbuilders and jobmasters of Leeds.
1893 Spectator 29 July 136 A jobmaster..who had a great many horses in his stable.
1939 Eng. Hist. Rev. 54 375 The ‘accounts’ include..a contract with a London jobmaster to provide horses and look after Van der Bempde's coach.
1988 Carriage Driving June–July 47/4 From..the..extensive collection of carriages..many have appeared in films and on television, as George has been Britain's top jobmaster for a very long time.
1999 T. May Victorian & Edwardian Horse Cabs 13 People who operated cabs often did so as part of some other equestrian business, such as that of livery-stable keeper, or jobmaster.
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society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > one who does job-work
job printer1816
jobmaster1824
1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 578 Job Masters' Resolutions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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