Hotelier

Pronunciation

• Canada IPA: /ËŒhoÊŠ.ˈtÉ›l.i.əɹ/
• UK IPA: /ËŒhəʊ.ˈtÉ›l.i.É™/
• US IPA: /oÊŠ.tÉ™l.ˈjeɪ/

Origin

From French hôtelier.

Full definition of hotelier

Noun

1. someone who runs a hotel
• 1919: Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet PimpernelHercule--that is my husband's name, citizens--asked the corporal what the Committee of Public Safety wanted with us poor hoteliers of a wayside inn.