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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hostel \Hos"tel\, n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF hostel, ostel, LL hospitale, hospitalis, fr L. hospitalis. See {Hospital}, and cf {Hotel}.] 1. An inn. [Archaic] --Poe. So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. --Tennyson. 2. A small unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] --Holinshed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hostel n 1: a hotel for travelers [syn: {hostelry}, {inn}, {lodge}] 2: inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) [syn: {youth hostel}, {student lodging}]
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