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hotelman

American  
[hoh-tel-muhn, -man] / hoʊˈtɛl mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

  • hotelmen
    plural
  1. hotelkeeper.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of hotelman

First recorded in 1915–20; hotel + man


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Was Kennedy trying to establish an alibi when he appeared fully and dryly clothed before a hotelman in Edgartown and pointedly asked the time?

From Time Magazine Archive

But this week, finally, Conrad Hilton, the world's biggest hotelman, was ready to open his newest and plushest hotel: the $17 million, 450-room Beverly Hilton.

From Time Magazine Archive

John McEntee Bowman, potent hotelman, would and did.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Herbert Shipman, widow of the late Suffragan Bishop of New York, is offering to any hotelman who can pay for it the sprawling Cliff Walk estate built by her late, famed father, Edson Bradley.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Kite as a hotelman was a new one on me.

From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by Alice MacGowan

Economical jet travel has helped lift the demand for accommodations so rapidly that hotelmen in many countries are swamped with business.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rush for rooms with a view abroad is a godsend for the big U.S. hotelmen, since business at home is not what it used to be.

From Time Magazine Archive

But more important was the lack of experience of the new hotelmen themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Good hotelmen," says Treadway, "start in the kitchen."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is ironic, therefore, that the hotelmen are now looking to legalized gambling for their salvation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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