HOSTELRY

hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge

(noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hostelry (countable and uncountable, plural hostelries)

(countable) An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).

(uncountable) The art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel.

Source: Wiktionary


Hos"tel*ry, n. Etym: [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.]

Definition: An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] Chaucer. "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry." B. Jonson. Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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