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hostel

[ hos-tl ]

noun

  1. Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
  2. (formerly) a residence for the exclusive use of boarding Indigenous students, separate from but close to any of a series of day schools in northern Canada that were operated or funded by the federal government and were themselves open to students of any ethnicity. residential school ( def 2 ).
  3. British. a student residence at a university or boarding school.
  4. an inn.


verb (used without object)

hosteled, hosteling or (especially British) hostelled, hostelling.
  1. to travel, lodging each night at a hostel.

hostel

/ ˈ³óÉ’²õ³ÙÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc
  2. a supervised lodging house for nurses, workers, etc
  3. archaic.
    another word for hostelry
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hostel1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English (h)ostel, from Old French, from Late Latin ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³ÙÄå±ô±ð “guest roomâ€; hospital
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hostel1

C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin ³ó´Ç²õ±è¾±³ÙÄå±ô±ð hospice; see hospital
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After a referral from the staff there, he has moved out of a hostel and into supported accommodation.

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"Only staff from hostel can go in my room, not anyone else can go in my room and see me or visit me," said Fatima.

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Temporary accommodation is meant as a short-term solution for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness and can include hostels and rooms in shared houses.

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Children and young people staying in hostels, campsites or outdoor centres will be in Wales exempt from paying a proposed tourism tax, the Welsh government has announced.

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Like moths, young people hang out in his barber shop like a youth hostel.

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