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单词 ostleress
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ostleressn.

Forms: 1600s ostleresse, 1800s ostleress.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ostler n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < ostler n. + -ess suffix1. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·slərės) /ˈɒslərɪs/.
Obsolete.
A female ostler.
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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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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
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre i. iv. 5 Jews and Pagans slander her to have been stabularia, an Ostleresse or a she-stable-groom.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 22 A plump-arm'd Ostleress and a stable wench Came running at the call, and help'd us down.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. ii. 21 Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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