inn
Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drinkAny establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
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52 sentencesWhat happened in the third inning?
We found a room at the inn.
I brought it back to the inn.
Meaning
5 sensesAny establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
Herberge
тракти́рtraktír, гости́ницаgostínica, постоя́лый дворpostojályj dvor
тракти́рtraktýr, готе́льhotélʹ, корчма́korčmá
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns
A tavern.
More meanings 2
(UK, dated)The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
Leicester Inn
(obsolete)A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.
Origin
From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”);From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).
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