Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for INN'KEEP-ER
INN'INGSIN'NO-CENCE, or IN'NO-CEN-CY
INN'KEEP-ER, n. [inn and keep.]
An innholder. In America, the innkeeper is often a tavern keeper or taverner, as well as an innkeeper, the inn for furnishing lodgings and provisions being usually united with the tavern for the sale of liquors.
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