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hostel definition

hos·tel (häs′təl)

noun

an inn; hostelry; specif., youth hostel

Etymology: ME < OFr < LL hospitale: see hospital

intransitive verb

to stop at hostels when traveling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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