Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hotelkeeper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: hotel-keep-er
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hotelier; a hotel owner.

Example Sentences

"The American system is doubtless the best for the hotelkeeper, as there are manifest advantages in feeding masses at once, over feeding the same number in detail."
"Leon Chevret, the French hotelkeeper, said of him to a lawyer of his acquaintance, "Bret Harte, he have the Napoleonic nose, the nose of genius; also, like many of you professional men, his debts trouble him very little.""
"Enquiry revealed that the train had been worked through to Dingwall for hotelkeepers and press reporters who were travelling to a conference at Strathpeffer."

Etymology

From hotel + keeper.

Inflected Forms

hotelkeepers (plural)

Synonyms

hotelier hotel manager hosteller

Questions

What does hotelkeeper mean?: A hotelier; a hotel owner.
Where does hotelkeeper come from?: From hotel + keeper.

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