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hosteller

noun
/ˈhɒstələ/UK/ˈhɑstəlɚ/US

Etymology

Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel + -er. Piecewise doublet of hospitaller.

  1. derived from hospitalis — “hospitable”
  2. derived from hospitale — “hospice”
  3. derived from hostel
  4. inherited from hostel
  5. formed as hosteller — “hostel + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who keeps a hostel or inn.

  2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

    • A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA