1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.
2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Fuller.
HOSTELRY Hos"tel*ry, n. Etym: [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.]
Defn: An inn; a lodging house. [Archaic] Chaucer. "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry." B. Jonson. Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow.
HOSTESS
Host"ess, n. Etym: [OE. hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord.]
1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. Shak.
2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak.
HOSTESS-SHIP
Host"ess-ship, n.
Defn: The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.
HOSTIE
Hos"tie, n. Etym: [F. See 1st Host.]