Definition of "innkeeper" []

• One that owns or manages an inn or hotel. (noun)

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• "But the mysterious innkeeper is hiding a secret more terrifying than anything they could ever imagine."
• "A road-chit entitled the innkeeper who got it to a remission of tax, a benefit more valuable than actual payment."
• "And, being both mounted thus a horseback, he called the innkeeper, and said unto him, with a grave and staid voice: ‘Many and great are the favours, sir constable, which I have received in this your castle, and do remain most obliged to gratify you for them all the days of my life."