From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hotel \Ho*tel"\, noun [F. h[^o]tel, OF. hostel. See {Hostel}.]
1. A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
2. In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "hotel": boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, lodging, lodging house, motel, motor hotel, ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public, public house, roadhouse, rooming, rooming house, tavern
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