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hostel

hos·tel

UK/ˈhɒstəl/ US/ˈhɑstəl/ fairly common

noun

1.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation).

Phrases

  • bail hostel
  • probation hostel
  • youth hostel

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