Definition of HOSTELLER

hosteller

Plural: hostellers

Noun

  • an owner or manager of hotels
  • a traveler who lodges in hostels
    • "a youth hosteller"
  • One who keeps a hostel or inn.
  • A student in a hostel, or small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

Origin / Etymology

Either a variant of hostler, ostler (“groom”) remodelled after hostel or a new formation from hostel + -er.

Synonyms

hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper, hotelman

Scrabble Score: 12

hosteller is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hosteller is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hosteller is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

hosteller is a valid Words With Friends word