(UK, historical) A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.
(UK, historical) A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.
"job master" means: A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"job master" means: A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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A Victorian and Edwardian British term for a woman who ran a job-master business — hiring out horses, carriages, and coachmen by the day or job. While most job masters were men, jobmistresses ran their own livery operations, navigating a male-dominated trade with sharp business sense. They supplied transport for funerals, weddings, and general hire before the motor car made their whole industry obsolete.
(UK, historical) A female job master .
(US, historical) A person in charge of the baggage at a railway station.
(Ireland, historical) One who sells goods on behalf of the owner.
"job master" means: A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (UK) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor.