hosteler
Americannoun
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a person who operates a hostel.
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a person who stays at a hostel or goes hosteling.
Usage
What is a hosteler? A hosteler is someone who runs a hostel, which is an inexpensive, communal lodging place for travelers, often young adults. A hosteler is also someone who stays in a hostel, as in To afford her tour of Europe, Ursula traveled as a hosteler. While someone staying at a hostel for just one night is still called a hosteler, the term usually refers to someone who frequently stays at hostels or is traveling a country, moving from hostel to hostel. Typically, hostelers are young adults, because hostels began as inexpensive housing for youth traveling by foot or bike, but hostels have since evolved to be for all ages in some countries. Example: A few of the hostelers said that the air conditioning keeps going out.
Etymology
Origin of hosteler
1250–1300; Middle English; see hostel, -er 2; akin to Old French hostelier
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