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The real estate developer, hotelier, broadcaster, and philanthropist, who passed away in 2008 at age 86, and his wife Pauline (Polly) went on to donate the property to the University of Washington.—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 July 2025 Swimming champion and Old Hollywood starlet Esther Williams christened Beverly Hills’ largest pool when hotelier Conrad Hilton debuted his flagship property.—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 Chronister’s writing is beautiful, and her supernatural and atmospheric stories about lighthouse keepers, composers in remote villages, and swamp hoteliers have a little bit of Ghibli whimsy in places.—Drew Broussard
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025 Contemporary hoteliers suggest that might be the case.—Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotelier
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French hôtelier, going back to Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper," from ostel, hostel "lodgings, hotel entry 1" + -ier-er entry 2
Note:
Cf. hosteler, hostler, ultimately borrowed from Anglo-Norman counterparts to the continental Old French word.
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