Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that owns or manages an inn or hotel.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The keeper of an inn; an innholder; a taverner; in law, one who holds himself out to the public as ready to accommodate all comers with the conveniences usually supplied to travelers on their journeys.
Wiktionary
- n. The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the owner or manager of an inn
Etymologies
- From inn + keeper. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But the mysterious innkeeper is hiding a secret more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine.”
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“A road-chit entitled the innkeeper who got it to a remission of tax, a benefit more valuable than actual payment.”
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“And, being both mounted thus a horseback, he called the innkeeper, and said unto him, with a grave and staid voice: Many and great are the favours, sir constable, which I have received in this your castle, and do remain most obliged to gratify you for them all the days of my life.”
“I did not pick it up, but I called the innkeeper, and he pounced upon it as I have seen a hawk pounce on a chicken.”
“But your innkeeper will be able to answer just about any question you might have.”
“The innkeeper was a round little man, with a florid face, white hair, and a look in his eyes as they slid over Beth that was far from what she was accustomed to.”
“When they got to the inn, Brandon called the innkeeper over and said, “Bring up some good food and wine to my room for my friend.””
“After quite a bit of back-and-forth, we find that Kote the innkeeper is the same legendary Kvothe, who is the center of many stories, both true and false.”
“One of the intriguing aspects of Patrick Rothfuss's "The Name of the Wind" is that the innkeeper is the hero.”
“Embarrassed to be be taken to task in public, Kesh called the innkeeper over.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘innkeeper’.
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Keepers
I'm fond of many words, but these are definitely keepers.
beekeeper, zookeeper, goalkeeper, netkeeper, innkeeper, housekeeper, storekeeper, gamekeeper, wicketkeeper, lighthouse keeper, gatekeeper, bookkeeper and 64 more...
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iconoclast, idiosyncrasy, ignoble, ignominious, illicit, illusory, illustrious, imbibe, imbue, immaculate, immaterial, immolate and 155 more...
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States of being
seeress, honey bucket, donkeyman, poopyhead, halfwit, vixenish, galoot, hoity toity, shitkicker, miserabilist, wanker, clueless and 261 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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bittersweet, inform, festschrift, undulate, flotsam, fauna, petulant, tomfoolery, syncopation, aquiesce, consanguinity, buoyancy and 58 more...
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Words with two (or more) sets of double letters. No suffixes!
accommodate, attendee, innkeeper, address, appall, boondoggle, appellate, billhook, crosscurrent, tattoo, balloon, kookaburra and 14 more...
Tweets
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yarb I avail myself of this opportunity to observe that the English innkeepers are in general great ale drinkers, and for this reason most of them are gross and corpulent; in particular they are plump and rosy in their faces. I once heard it said of one of them, that the extravasated claret in his phiz might well remind one, as Falstaff says of Bardolph, of hell-fire.
- Karl Philipp Moritz, Travels in England in 1782 Nov 14, 2008