hosteller
hosteller · hostellers
One who keeps a hostel or innOne who keeps a hostel or inn.
UK/ˈhɒstələ/US/ˈhɑstəlɚ/
Meaning
2 sensesOne who keeps a hostel or inn.
(obsolete)A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
More definitions
- a traveler who lodges in hostels
- an owner or manager of hotels
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation fEither a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel + -er. Piecewise doublet of hospitaller.
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Forms
plural: hostellersSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an owner or manager of hotels:hotelierhotelkeeperhotel manager