stableman

[ stey-buh l-muh n, -man ]

/ ˈsteɪ bəl mən, -ˌmæn /

a person who works in a stable.

Origin of stableman

First recorded in 1720–30; stable¹ + man¹

Late that night he descended stiffly at the livery stable, and turned his weary horse over to a stableman.

The Breaking Point |Mary Roberts Rinehart
A stableman was clanking about the yard, where some sheep were penned.

Old Kensington |Miss Thackeray
Then a stableman put a nickel into a player-piano and that seemed to be a signal for the thing to trot.

Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions |Mary Roberts Rinehart
While talking with the stableman, Bartley noticed a gray pony and in the next stall a buckskin--Cheyenne's horses.

Partners of Chance |Henry Herbert Knibbs

The stableman who brought the oats suddenly bent down and examined the left wheel.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo