Definition of inn in English:

noun

• 1A pub, typically one in the country, in some cases providing accommodation.

  ‘the Swan Inn’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The Dublin pub, inn or tavern has a history which is as old as the city itself.’
  • ‘At night, luxuriate at charming inns, sampling Scotch whisky.’
  • ‘Until the end of the nineteenth century the majority of darts thrown in inns and taverns in this country and utilised in fairgrounds were imported from France.’
  • ‘It was used as an inn or tavern in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.’
  • ‘The game arrived in Britain in the late 18th Century from France (possibly via French prisoners of war) and quickly seems to have become popular in inns and taverns at the time.’
  • ‘And so they worked in different inns and taverns.’
  • ‘Most Dutch genre, however, depicted the life of the better-off, often in scenes of household life, but also in markets, barrack rooms, taverns, inns, and brothels.’
  • ‘Of course, with so many people flowing through, taverns, inns, and local merchants made quite the profit from the very happy and generous visitors.’
  • ‘There were inns and shops and taverns and stables on every side, everywhere she looked, and all her around her were the sounds of city life that she had not heard for nigh on ten years.’
  • ‘It was the time of night when families would just be settling down for dinner, and just before the taverns and inns would become filled with their nightly guests.’
  • ‘They also frequented the same inns and alehouses, and the numerous clubs and societies that thrived in the ‘Enlightenment’.’
  • ‘Sarod was a ruddy, old town, made up of mostly taverns and inns.’
  • ‘It was, of course, one of the many commonhouses they would pass by along the way - small inns with a tavern room or two.’
  • ‘The shops were closed, but the taverns and inns were filled with people.’
  • ‘After arriving in Britain in the late 18th century, it quickly became popular in inns and taverns.’
  • ‘Like today, London had many inns and alehouses throughout it and drinking was as popular then as it is today!’
  • ‘The licensing of alehouses and inns was the responsibility of justices of the peace.’
  • ‘After they woke and dressed they went back to the tavern section of the inn to get some breakfast.’
  • ‘We walked to the tavern and inn that we had passed when we first entered the town.’
  • ‘We are fighting a rating and valuation system that discriminates against small businesses, privately owned hotels, inns and pubs.’

  Synonyms

  tavern, bar, hostelry, taproom

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  1. 1.1historical A house providing accommodation, food, and drink, especially for travellers.
     More example sentences

     • ‘The grand resort hotels, smaller inns, and boarding houses were concentrated on the region's many lakes, nowhere more so than on the two large lakes on the region's eastern edge.’
     • ‘We have our choice of lovely motels, hotels, and inns.’
     • ‘Petitioners are therefore unlikely to be able to afford stay in hotels or inns while they do their rounds of visits.’
     • ‘Some hotels and inns offered suites which guests could rent by the hour.’
     • ‘There are no inns or hotels in the boundless grasslands, but one can always count on the Mongols for help.’
     Synonyms

     tavern, bar, hostelry, taproom

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