hosteler

[hos-tl-er]

noun

a person who operates a hostel.
a person who stays at a hostel or goes hosteling.

Also especially British, hos·tel·ler.

Origin of hosteler

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

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Historical Examples of hosteller

At the head of each was an officer called a Brewy or Beetagh, a public hospitaller or hosteller, who was held in high honour.
The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization
P. W. Joyce
The aldermen were responsible for their wards, and every hosteller was likewise responsible for his guest.
London Before the Conquest
W. R. Lethaby

British Dictionary definitions for hosteller

hosteller

US hosteler

noun

a person who stays at youth hostels
an archaic word for innkeeper

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