hosteller

English

Alternative forms

hosteler (chiefly U.S.)

Etymology

Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒstələ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑstəlɚ/

Noun

hosteller (plural hostellers)

One who keeps a hostel or inn.
(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

Middle English

Noun

hosteller

Alternative form of hostiler

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