hotelkeeper

[ hoh-tel-kee-per ]

noun

1. a manager or owner of a hotel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotelkeeper¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; hotel + keeper

Example Sentences

Or should a fundamentalist hotelkeeper be able to refuse a room to an unmarried couple?

From The Daily Beast

"This Crowden was very friendly with one or two of the men around the stables," went on the hotelkeeper.

From Project Gutenberg

The portrait sketched by the wine-vendor fully corresponded with the description given by the hotelkeeper in the Rue de Helder.

From Project Gutenberg

Mary Louise regarded the hotelkeeper with contempt, thinking again how stingy he was.

From Project Gutenberg

“Nothing like going right to the point, Jane,” she remarked when the hotelkeeper had turned away.

From Project Gutenberg

It was Kitty Carter, the daughter of the hotelkeeper at Boomville, who owned the claim that the partners had mutually coveted.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• property owner
• proprietor