hosteler

[hos-tl-er] /ˈhɒs tl ər/

noun

a person who operates a hostel.

a person who stays at a hostel or goes hosteling.

Also, especially British, hosteller.

Origin of hosteler

Middle English

1250-1300

1250-1300; Middle English; see hostel, -er²; akin to Old French hostelier

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"Yea," quoth this hosteler, and shewed him all the hole circumstaunce, what was both sayde and thought on him for the thing.

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