Etymology

hobbler

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Today it means: One who by tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light-horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Full definition →

Old French hobelier
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hobbler · noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromhobelier
  2. English todayhobbler

Old English also hobeler, Old French hobelier, Medieval Latin hobellarius (“light horseman”). See hobby (“a horse”).

hobbler · noun2

From hobble + -er.

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