innkeeper
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɪnˌkipər/
:
posadero
- I'll take a little walk and then tell the innkeeper.
- a lady innkeeper
- a clueless innkeeper
We'll have housekeepers on payroll, but we won't have an innkeeper.
- We'll have housekeepers on payroll, but we won't have an innkeeper.
- In this clip, the Invisible Man has hidden himself in an English country in he's begged the innkeeper to grant him solitude and privacy.
- And on the next day he took out and gave Tudinari to the innkeeper and said, Take care of him, and whatever it costs you still may have.
Examples
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At seminars, savvy innkeepers are learning to cater to a broader market.
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Sit yourself down And meet the best Innkeeper in town!
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Many years ago I used to work for an innkeeper in those days.
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"Ah no, som'at worse," said the innkeeper, who appeared suddenly behind the bar.
Fiction book (1991) -
How curious to grow up in a busy boardinghouse with no father, and your own mother the innkeeper.
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What can I get for you?" The innkeeper was fat and jolly, with a white walrus mustache.
Fiction book (1991) -
The coachman glared until the innkeeper handed him a mug of ale.
Fiction book (1992) -
When she checked in, she asked the innkeeper whether the building had security.
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The innkeeper welcomed guests with a warm smile and a hearty breakfast.
Synonyms
15
3.7
A woman who runs an inn or small hotel and welcomes guests
8
3.0
A person who runs a hotel and looks after guests and staff
5
5.4
A person who owns or runs a hotel
1
5.5
A person who owns or runs a small bar serving food and drink
1
9.9
A man who welcomes and looks after guests at an inn
1
6.9
A person who owns or runs a bar
A person who runs an inn and serves guests food and drink
A person who owns or runs an inn
A person who owns or runs an inn
A person who owns or runs an inn and looks after guests
A person who owns or manages a hotel
A person who owns or runs a hotel
A man who owns or runs a hotel
A woman who owns or runs a hotel
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Innkeeper comes from two simple parts: inn, meaning 'a place to stay', and keeper, from 'keep' meaning 'to look after'. So an innkeeper is literally someone who looks after an inn and its guests.