hotelier

See also: Hotelier and hôtelier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtelier.

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌhoʊ.ˈtɛl.i.əɹ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhəʊ.ˈtɛl.i.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /oʊ.təl.ˈjeɪ/

Noun

hotelier (plural hoteliers)

  1. someone who runs a hotel
    • 1919: Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
      Hercule--that is my husband's name, citizens--asked the corporal what the Committee of Public Safety wanted with us poor hoteliers of a wayside inn.

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