- A public lodging house serving food and drink to travelers; a hotel.
- A tavern or restaurant.
- Chiefly British. Formerly, a residence hall for students, especially law students, in London.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
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[Middle English, from Old English.]
1. A place which provides eating and drinking, but no lodging, for the public; a
2. A hotel.
3. A student hostel or residence.
4. A hospice.
An establishment which provided food, drink, stabling and, usually, accommodation for travellers. Inns commonly stand along main highways and in market towns.
Bibliography
See W. C. Firebaugh, Inns of the Middle Ages (1924); H. A. Monckton, A History of the English Public House (1969).
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This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers.
— James Howell (1594-1666), English author, lexicographer, & royalist.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kro, gæstgiveri, herberg
Nederlands (Dutch)
herberg, taveerne, kroeg, studentenhuis
Français (French)
n. - auberge, hôtellerie, pub
Deutsch (German)
n. - Gasthof, Herberge, Wirtshaus
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πανδοχείο, χάνι
Italiano (Italian)
locanda, taverna
Português (Portuguese)
n. - hospedaria (f), taverna (f)
Русский (Russian)
гостиница, студенческое общежитие
Español (Spanish)
n. - mesón, posada, hostería, taberna
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - värdshus
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
旅馆, 客栈
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 旅館, 客棧
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여인숙, 숙소, 법학생의 숙사
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宿屋, 飲み屋, 居酒屋, 酒場
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خان, نزل, فندق صغير
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - פונדק, אכסניה
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