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hosteller.

One who keeps a hostel or inn.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɒstələ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɑstəlɚ/US
  1. One who keeps a hostel or inn.

  2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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