Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Elderhostel. Search instead for allerhoogste.

Elderhostel

American  
[el-der-hos-tl] / ˈɛl dərˌhɒs tl /
Trademark.
  1. an international nonprofit organization that offers older adults short-term, low-cost courses, housing, and meals, usually on college campuses.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Once covid restrictions ease, you could explore the idea of taking your grandchildren on an Elderhostel retreat.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022

On balance, Road Scholar — founded in 1975 as Elderhostel and mercifully re-branded in 2010 — provided a fascinating look at what has been dubbed the Rooftop of the World.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018

I explain the place to the worldly and cultured back home as something like but not really like the adult-learning structure of the Elderhostel experience, the Road Scholar program or the Lifelong Learning Institute.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2014

Elderhostel got rid of “elder” and became Road Scholar.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2012

O'Farrell has attended 20 Elderhostel courses so far, ranging from entomology and botany at Eastern Kentucky University to Victorian art at the University of London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Elderhostel" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com