Definition of "horse-boy" [horse-boy]

• A boy employed in grooming and tending horses; a stable-boy. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "My wretched horse-boy, himself claiming Talmudic knowledge second to none, sneered at Jesus, calling him the king of the beggars, calling his doctrine Ebionism, which, as he explained to me, was to the effect that only the poor should win to heaven, while the rich and powerful were to burn for ever in some lake of fire."
• "The man - who has become known as "horse-boy" - can be seen in the Hardgate area of the city."
• "Another time came Regin to talk to Sigurd, and said — “A marvellous thing truly that thou must needs be a horse-boy to the kings, and go about like a running knave.”"