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German
Etymology
Hengst (“stallion”) + Mann, compare English henchman.
Proper noun
Hengstmann m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hengstmanns or (with an article) Hengstmann, feminine genitive Hengstmann, plural Hengstmanns)
- a surname originating as an occupation
Noun
Hengstmann m (strong, genitive Hengstmannes or Hengstmanns, plural Hengstmänner, feminine Hengstfrau)
- (archaic) groom (person who cares for horses)
1799, Franz Heinrich Ziegenhagen, Lehre vom richtigen Verhältnisse zu den Schöpfungswerken, und die durch öffentliche Einfürung derselben allein zu bewürkende algemeine Menschenbeglükkung, page 122:So manche Stute und so manche Achtgroschenstükke; so oft zieht der sogenannte Hengstmann seinen Beschäler aus dem Stalle, und hält ihn den Stuten, welchen er zuvor die Füße gebunden hat, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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