hosteller

English

Alternative forms

• hosteler (chiefly U.S.)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒstələ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑstəlɚ/

Noun

hosteller (plural hostellers)

1. One who keeps a hostel or inn.
2. (obsolete) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC:

     A Catalogue of learned Cambridge Hostellers

Translations

person who keeps a hostel

• Portuguese: albergador m

Middle English

Noun

hosteller

1. Alternative form of hostiler