hotelier

noun

ho·​te·​lier hō-ˈtel-yər How to pronounce hotelier (audio)
ˌō-tᵊl-ˈyā,
ˌȯ- How to pronounce hotelier (audio)
: a proprietor or manager of a hotel

Examples of hotelier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So for a city with roughly 100,000 residents, there is an outsized, thriving community of interior designers, house flippers, remodelers, home stagers, hoteliers, and vacation-rental managers who design and build living quarters of all kinds across town. Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024 Though the husbands sold the motel in 2023—in part to pave way for the Bungalow—the former hoteliers are still forging connections in the hospitality world. Joe Sills, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hotelier 

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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French hôtelier, going back to Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper," from ostel, hostel "lodgings, hotel entry 1" + -ier -er entry 2

Note: Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.

First Known Use

circa 1738, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hotelier was circa 1738

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Cite this Entry

“Hotelier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotelier. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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