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noun an owner or manager of hotels
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Latin hospitālis Old French ostel Middle French hostel French hôtel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French hôtelierbor. English hotelier Borrowed from French hôtelier.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0