Hotelier

//hoʊˈtɛl.i.əɹ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who owns or runs a hotel.

    "Mumbai: Hotelier Gaurav Arya arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Mumbai on Tuesday to record his statement in a money laundering case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death."

  2. 2
    an owner or manager of hotels wordnet

Synonyms

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hostellerhotel managerhotelkeeperhotelmanpublican

Example

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"If a hotelier touts an unproven or dangerous medicine, or if a film actor sells polished stones or scented candles with purported health benefits, these are examples of a kind of informal fallacy called an "appeal to authority"."

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtelier.

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