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Hobbler

Hobbler \Hob"bler\, n. One who hobbles.

Hobbler

Hobbler \Hob"bler\, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
--Hallam. Sir J. Davies.

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hobbler

n. 1 One who hobbles. 2 (context UK historical English) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.

WordNet
hobbler

n. someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait [syn: limper]

Usage examples of "hobbler".

The first, a pale hobbler and stutterer with a gray beard stained yellow by cigarette smoking, had in his time traveled into the land of the Franks to become a doctor, and had come back with his head turned.

You have a chapel in the castle--Doctor Hobbler is present among the company-this proof of your good faith to-night, and we are again joined in heart and hand.

The frail hobbler turned along the street, and Cardona took up his trail.

Had the crafty hobbler seen him in the darkness, and made a fake call?