hotelier

[oh-tuh l-yey, hoht-l-eer]

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noun

a manager or owner of a hotel or inn.

Origin of hotelier

1900–05; < French hôtelier; see hotel, -ier²

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Related Words for hotelier

proprietor, lessor, squire, innkeeper, saw, freeholder, hotelkeeper, hotelier

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Contemporary Examples of hotelier

The hotelier alerted authorities who sent a Coast Guard ship to meet the incoming boat.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau
October 3, 2013
But focusing on in-store experience—and bringing in a French hotelier to fix it—misses the forest for the trees.
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Alex Klein
August 21, 2012
Gaza City hotelier Jawdat Al Khodary said much the same thing.
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May 15, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for hotelier

hotelier

noun

an owner or manager of one or more hotels

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Word Origin and History for hotelier

1905, from French hôtelier "hotelkeeper," Old French hostelier, from hostel (see hostel).