hosteler noun. ['hɒst(ǝ)lǝ] Also (esp. in sense 5) hosteller. See also HOSTLER. ME.
[Anglo-Norman, = Old French (h)ostelier (mod. hôtelier), formed as HOSTEL verb: see -ER². In sense 5 from HOSTEL noun or verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who receives, lodges, or entertains guests and strangers, esp. in a religious house or monastery. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.

2. A keeper of a hostelry or inn; an innkeeper. arch. LME.

3. An ostler. LME-L15.

4. A student who lives in a hostel. L16-M17.

5. A person who stays in a youth hostel; a person youth-hostelling. Also youth-hosteler. M20.

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