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inn.

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪn/
  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

  2. A tavern.

  3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

    the Inns of Court    the Inns of Chancery    Serjeants’ Inns
  4. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

    UK · dated
    Leicester Inn
  5. A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

verb/ɪn/
  1. To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.

    intransitive · obsolete
  2. To lodge or house (someone or something).

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

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