noun
Meaning 1
One who keeps a hostel or inn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hosteller
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒstələ/
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US: /ˈhɑstəlɚ/
noun
Meaning 2
A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a traveler who lodges in hostels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a youth hosteller
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
noun
Meaning 4
an owner or manager of hotels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotel manager, hotelman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: administrator, decision maker
Narrower terms: Ritz, Cesar Ritz
History
Etymology
Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel + -er. Piecewise doublet of hospitaller.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Portuguese: albergador — person who keeps a hostel