Dictionary - Definition of HOSTELER


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.[Websters] 2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Hosteler" is a common misspelling or typo for: hosteller.

Date "Hosteler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references)

Note: Hosteler \Hos"tel*er\, noun. [See Hostel, and compare to Hostler.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOSTELER

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	HOSTELER, i.e. oat stealer. Hosteler was originally the name for an inn-keeper; inns being in old English styled hostels, from the French signifying the same. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.[Websters] 2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "HOSTELER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references)

Note: Hosteler \Hos"tel*er\, noun. [See Hostel, and compare to Hostler.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	HOSTELER, i.e. oat stealer. Hosteler was originally the name for an inn-keeper; inns being in old English styled hostels, from the French signifying the same. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top