innkeepers

plural of innkeeper
as in taverners
the owner or manager of an inn the innkeeper was a very genial, accommodating host

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  • Forty per cent of these homes, as today’s housing activists in England are apt to repeat, ended up in the hands of private landlords.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Higher costs across the board—including the cost of repairs and wages for repair and maintenance workers—are also likely to meant that landlords would continue passing these expenses along to renters.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Innkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innkeepers. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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