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Tavern

//ˈtævən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford. obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A restaurant or bar.
  2. 2
    a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks wordnet
  3. 3
    A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers. dated

    "I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out."

Etymology

From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.

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