different between hostler vs hoster

English

Alternative forms

• ostler

Etymology

Syncopated form of hosteler, from Middle English hostiler, from Middle French hostiler, from Old French hostelier, from Medieval Latin hostil?rius, hospit?l?rius, from hospit?le "inn", from hospit?lis "hospitable", from hospes "host, guest". Both hostler and its alternate form ostler originally meant simply "innkeeper", and acquired a specific association with horses in the second half of the 14th century. Doublet of hotelier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(h)?s.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?(h)??s.l?/

Noun

hostler (plural hostlers)

1. A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom
2. (by extension) A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine.

Synonyms

• groom

Related terms

• hostelry

Translations

See also

• hosteler

Anagrams

• Holters, holster, orthels

Middle English

Noun

hostler

1. Alternative form of hostiler

English

Etymology

host +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??st?(?)

Noun

hoster (plural hosters)

1. (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

   Make sure your hoster provides fast FTP access to your files.

   • 2004, Reuters news item at CNet News, 25 September 2004:

     Microsoft sues Web hoster over spam

Synonyms

• hosting company
• web host, webhost

Derived terms

• web hoster, webhoster

Translations

Anagrams

• Rothes, Stoehr, Tosher, hetros, others, re-shot, rehost, reshot, short e, shorte, shoter, throes, tosher

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hoster m

1. indefinite plural of hoste

Verb

hoster

1. present of hoste

Old French

Etymology

See oster. The h is unetymological (no h in the original Latin obst?).

Verb

hoster

1. Alternative form of oster

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.