Hosteller

//ˈhɒstələ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who keeps a hostel or inn.
  2. 2
    a traveler who lodges in hostels wordnet
  3. 3
    A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. obsolete

    "A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers"

  4. 4
    an owner or manager of hotels wordnet

Synonyms

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hostelitehotel managerhotelierhotelierhotelkeeper

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"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.

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