The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hotel \Ho*tel"\, n. [F. h[^o]tel, OF. hostel. See Hostel.]
   1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or
      public house, of the better class.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of
      rank or wealth.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hotel
    n 1: a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals
         and other services

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "hotel":
   boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fleabag, flophouse,
   guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, lodging,
   lodging house, motel, motor hotel, ordinary, pension, posada, pub,
   public, public house, roadhouse, rooming, rooming house, tavern