HOTEL', noun
1. A palace.
2. An inn; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. It was formerly a house for genteel strangers or lodgers, but the name is now given to any inn.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
HOTEL', noun
1. A palace.
2. An inn; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. It was formerly a house for genteel strangers or lodgers, but the name is now given to any inn.