hosteller

English

Alternative forms

• hosteler (chiefly U.S.)

Etymology

From Middle English hosteler, hosteller, from Middle French hostiler, from Old French hostelier, from Medieval Latin hostilārius, hospitālārius, from hospitāle. Equivalent to hostel +‎ -er.

Noun

hosteller (plural hostellers)

1. One who keeps a hostel or inn.
2. (obsolete) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:

     A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers

Translations

person who keeps a hostel

• Portuguese: albergador m
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Middle English

Noun

hosteller

1. Alternative form of hostiler