innkeeper
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Etymology
Origin of innkeeper
Explanation
An innkeeper is someone who owns or manages an inn. When you arrive at an inn, the innkeeper might be the person who checks you in and gives you a key to your room (and maybe a chocolate on your pillow). The earliest innkeepers ran inns in Europe during medieval times. These inns provided lodging, food, and a place for travelers to leave their horses, and an innkeeper managed all of these details. Today in the UK, some pubs call themselves inns, so you might find an innkeeper serving pints there, while in the US an inn is almost always a more charming version of a motel, run by an innkeeper.
Vocabulary lists containing innkeeper
Example Sentences
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Innkeeper Robin Reynolds said the plan is to keep it simple: eight rooms, solar panels, saltwater pool, rates of $95 to $105, a “low-key, old-school, drive-up” situation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Innkeeper and owner Sheila Condie says the cost of supplies - beer, fish, meat and more - are all rising.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2022
Seven of the eight Innkeeper board members at the time of its 2007 sale will serve as Chatham board members.
From Reuters • Apr. 16, 2010
At 2:25 a.m. he spoke to Innkeeper Russell Peachey about the noise from a party near by.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Innkeeper hitched his shoulders and drew a trembling breath.
From What a Man Wills by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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