HOSTELLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hosteller mean? 

• HOSTELLER (noun)
  The noun HOSTELLER has 2 senses:

1. an owner or manager of hotels

2. a traveler who lodges in hostels

  Familiarity information: HOSTELLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOSTELLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An owner or manager of hotels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hosteller; hotel manager; hotelier; hotelkeeper; hotelman

Hypernyms ("hosteller" is a kind of...):

administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)

Instance hyponyms:

Cesar Ritz; Ritz (Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A traveler who lodges in hostels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

a youth hosteller

Hypernyms ("hosteller" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)