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hostel

[ hos-tl ]

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noun

Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
(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 ).
British. a student residence at a university or boarding school.
an inn.

verb (used without object)

hosteled, hosteling or (especially British) hostelled, hostelling.

to travel, lodging each night at a hostel.

hostel

/ ˈ��ɒ��ə�� /

noun

a building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc
See youth hostel
a supervised lodging house for nurses, workers, etc
archaic.
another word for hostelry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hostel¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English (h)ostel, from Old French, from Late Latin ��ǲ��辱�� “guest room”; hospital

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hostel¹

C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin ��ǲ��辱�� hospice; see hospital

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Bethany says the group trusted the hostel because the reviews were good but she's now urging others to be careful.

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The decision by the Supreme Court found the biological interpretation of sex was required for single-sex spaces - which can include changing rooms, hostels and medical services - to "function coherently".

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Amari, 21, has been homeless and lived in shelters and hostels, and said some of those places were "vile" and "unsafe".

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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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