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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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FRISK
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