n. [ OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel. ] 1. An inn. [ Archaic ] Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hostel, and cf. Hostler. ] 1. The keeper of a hostel or inn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel. ] An inn; a lodging house. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. “Homely brought up in a rude hostelry.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come with me to the hostelry. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord. ] 1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]