hosteller

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UK/ˈhɒstələ/US/ˈhɑstəlɚ/

noun

One who keeps a hostel or inn.

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hotelierhotelkeeperhotel manager
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Meanings

nounhosteller (plural hostellers)

plural hostellers · alternative US hosteler

  1. One who keeps a hostel or inn.
  2. obsoleteA student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

    A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan owner or manager of hotels

Similar
hotelierhotelkeeperhotel manager
Broader
administratordecision maker
Also see
hostelitehotelierhotelkeeper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Polish gospodarz
  • gospodarzperson who keeps a hostel
Portuguese albergador
  • albergadorperson who keeps a hostel
Cite this entry
APA

hosteller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hosteller

MLA

“hosteller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hosteller. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hosteller,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hosteller.

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