Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tavern"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tavern \Tav"ern\, n. [OE. taverne, F. taverne, from L. taberna a
hut, booth, tavern. Cf. {Table}, {Tabernacle}.]
A public house where travelers and other transient guests are
accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel;
especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell
liquor in small quantities.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tavern
n : a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic
drinks [syn: {tap house}]
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