Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who owns or manages an inn or hotel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The keeper of an inn; an innholder; a taverner; in law, one who holds himself out to the public as ready to accommodate all comers with the conveniences usually supplied to travelers on their journeys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The person responsible for the running of an
inn , usually theproprietor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the owner or manager of an inn
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the mysterious innkeeper is hiding a secret more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine.
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But the mysterious innkeeper is hiding a secret more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine.
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A road-chit entitled the innkeeper who got it to a remission of tax, a benefit more valuable than actual payment.
Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000
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And, being both mounted thus a horseback, he called the innkeeper, and said unto him, with a grave and staid voice: Many and great are the favours, sir constable, which I have received in this your castle, and do remain most obliged to gratify you for them all the days of my life.
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I did not pick it up, but I called the innkeeper, and he pounced upon it as I have seen a hawk pounce on a chicken.
Under the Red Robe Stanley John Weyman 1891
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But your innkeeper will be able to answer just about any question you might have.
First Visit 2009
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But your innkeeper will be able to answer just about any question you might have.
First Visit 2009
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But your innkeeper will be able to answer just about any question you might have.
First Visit 2009
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The innkeeper was a round little man, with a florid face, white hair, and a look in his eyes as they slid over Beth that was far from what she was accustomed to.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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The innkeeper was a round little man, with a florid face, white hair, and a look in his eyes as they slid over Beth that was far from what she was accustomed to.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
yarb commented on the word innkeeper
I avail myself of this opportunity to observe that the English innkeepers are in general great ale drinkers, and for this reason most of them are gross and corpulent; in particular they are plump and rosy in their faces. I once heard it said of one of them, that the extravasated claret in his phiz might well remind one, as Falstaff says of Bardolph, of hell-fire.
- Karl Philipp Moritz, Travels in England in 1782
November 14, 2008