Hosteller
/ˈhɒstələ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who keeps a hostel or inn.
- 2 a traveler who lodges in hostels wordnet
- 3 A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. obsolete
"A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers"
- 4 an owner or manager of hotels wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers"
Etymology
Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel + -er. Piecewise doublet of hospitaller.