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hostel
  1. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel
  2. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
  3. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “She spent two years living in a hostel, with no possessions.”
      “Despite being homeless for months, the kind-hearted stranger offered me shelter in a hostel, providing a warm bed and a hot meal.”
hostelry
  1. (countable) An inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses).
  2. (uncountable) The art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “As was normal on such occasions we repaired to a hostelry on Burgh Quay to unwind and to say cheerio before we went our separate ways.”
      “Every hostelry in town seems to nail its colours to the walls, as if club scarves and pennants come with the alcohol licence.”
      “A scan at the gantry and its array of various malts tells me this is a decent hostelry.”
hostler
  1. A person employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses; a groom
  2. (by extension) A person employed to care for a locomotive or other large engine.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Erial smiled gratefully as the hostler brought up three horses.”
      “But the diesel kept going, because the hostler, not being a trainman, had never thought of trying the coupling.”
      “That's experienced railroading, You got the hostler to bring around something that was under steam and couple her up behind the diesel.”
hosteller
  1. One who keeps a hostel or inn.
  2. (obsolete) A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The aldermen were responsible for their wards, and every hosteller was likewise responsible for his guest.”
      “At the head of each was an officer called a Brewy or Beetagh, a public hospitaller or hosteller, who was held in high honour.”
      “We will be showcasing the NOTE 3 which is expected to be the hosteller in this period.”
hostry
  1. (obsolete) A hostelry. [14th-18th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A stable for horses.
hostryinge
  1. (obsolete) A hostel or lodgings of temporary nature; entertainment.
hostelling
  1. (British spelling) the practice of staying in youth hostels when on holiday, or travelling
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, if you are traveling alone or with another person, hostelling is something you might want to explore.”
      “Granted, if you are traveling with a carload of friends, hostelling might not be your most economical choice when compared to a standard hotel.”
      “I had done a fair bit of hostelling myself and liked the idea of an outdoor-related job, meeting all the different kinds of people who visit hostels.”
hosteling
  1. (American) Alternative spelling of hostelling
  2. Examples:
    1. “A favorite activity is sitting on the patio talking with Germans and Italians, another is hosteling.”
hosteler
  1. Alternative form of hosteller
hostellers
  1. plural of hosteller
hostelers
  1. plural of hosteler
hostelries
  1. plural of hostelry
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Built in 1849 in the Monterey colonial style, the adobe-block main building was one of the state's first stylish hostelries.”
      “Nobody turned into a pumpkin but when the clock struck 12 midnight in hostelries around Kerry a whole way of life went up in smoke.”
      “The Kingsdown-based family business is providing the ale at its hostelries across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.”
hostlers
hostels
hostries
  1. plural of hostry
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