Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hostel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hostel \Hos"tel\, n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL.
hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See {Hospital}, and
cf. {Hotel}.]
1. An inn. [Archaic] --Poe.
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. --Tennyson.
2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hostel
n 1: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: {hostelry},
{inn}, {lodge}]
2: inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on
bicycling trips) [syn: {youth hostel}, {student lodging}]
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