Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services;
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