hostel
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersSynonyms: hostelryinnlodgeauberge
- inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)Synonyms: youth hostelstudent lodging
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Hostel \Hos"tel\, n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.]
1.An inn. [Archaic] --Poe. [1913 Webster]
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
2.A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]