Lexic.us

Definition of Hotel

1. Noun. A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services.

Definition of Hotel

1. n. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

Definition of Hotel

1. Noun. (context: now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

2. Noun. An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guest house, and often one of a chain. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

3. Noun. The letter ''H'' in the ICAO spelling alphabet. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

4. Noun. The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses. ¹

5. Noun. (dated) In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hotel

1. a public lodging [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hotel

1. 1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class. 2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth. Origin: F. Hotel, OF. Hostel. See Hostel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotel

Literary usage of Hotel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1898)
"... Grand hotel hotel Métropole and Whitehall Rooms HOtel Victoria First Avenue hotel HOtel Métropole and Clarence Rooms Burlington hotel Royal Pier hotel ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"Marie, 83 Rue de Rivoli, from 15 fr. a day, board included ; hotel des Gaules et de l'Oriente, 17 Rue Coq Heron, board included, from 13 to 20 fr. a day ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"Among the newer structures that are ranked as typical is the hotel Granada, ... That character was assumed many years ago when the former Baldwin hotel was ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"A guest in a hotel is entitled to the privacy of the room to which he has been assigned, and to remain there unmolested from improper or unjustified and ..."

5. The Law Reports by Great Britain Court of Chancery, George Wirgman Hemming (1872)
"A hotel was built at the London terminus of a railway, ... The hotel company borrowed money from the railway company, to complete their hotel, ..."

6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"... followed by an adjudication of bankruptcy, is the equivalent of an anticipatory breach of its executory contract with a hotel company for the letter's ..."

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