innholder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of innholder
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at inn, holder
Example Sentences
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Nor, quoth the innholder, my wife thou shalt be: I loth, said the gentle, a beggar's degree, And therefore adieu, my pretty Bessee.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
The innholder knew the public men of the country, for they had partaken of his sumptuous dinners, and had lodged at his inn.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various
The names of the sharers are not inspiring: Thomas Sparks, merchant tailor; William Gwalter, innholder; John Fisher, barber-surgeon; Thomas Wigpitt, bricklayer; etc.
From Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Adams, Joseph Quincy
Under these circumstances a convention, warned by the Committee of Safety of Arlington, met at Dorset, January 16, 1776, at the "house of Cephas Kent, innholder."
From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
Very curious regulations were ordained for their government, and no one was allowed to remain at an inn more than one day and a night unless the innholder was willing to answer for him.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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