Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HO-TEL'
HO-TEL', n. [Fr. hôtel, for hostel, a palace or dwelling house of a prince or lord.]
- A palace.
- An inn; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. It was formerly a house for genteel strangers or lodgers, but the name is now given to any inn.
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