HOTEL

hotel. Hotel, n. a palace, an inn for genteel lodgers

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Ho‐tel″ (?), n. [[F. hôtel, OF. hostel. See Hostel.]] 1. 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
2. 2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.