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inn

Pronunciation: /ɪn/

The English word “inn” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
  2. A tavern.
  3. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
  4. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
  5. A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

verb

  1. To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.
  2. To lodge or house (someone or something).

Etymology

From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

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