Английская Википедия:Hostler

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1827 drawing of an ostler at Keston Cross
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Ostler at Margam, 1818

A hostler (Шаблон:IPAc-en or Шаблон:IPAc-en) or ostler Шаблон:IPAc-en was traditionally a groom or stableman who was employed in a stable to take care of horses, usually at an inn, in the era of transportation by horse or horse-drawn carriage.[1] In the twentieth century the word came to be used in railroad industry for a type of train driver in rail yards with switcher locomotives[1] or a type of truck driver in similar work with terminal tractors.

Etymology

The word is spelled "hostler" in American English, but "ostler" in British English. It traces to Шаблон:Circa, meaning "one who tends to horses at an inn"—and also, occasionally, "innkeeper"—is derived from Anglo-French hostiler (modern French Шаблон:Lang), itself from Medieval Latin Шаблон:Lang "the monk who entertains guests at a monastery", from hospitale "inn" (compare hospital, hospitaller, hospitality).[2] A similar word, Шаблон:Lang (innkeeper, the one that took care of a hostal), exists in Spanish.

Modern uses

According to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, an ostler in motor transportation is a type of truck driver who directs trucks or tractors at vehicle parking or docking areas to move, position, or park trucks or trailers.[3] In the United States railroad industry a hostler is a train driver, a type of railroad engineer who moves locomotives in and out of service facilities.[4][5]

See also

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