Innkeeper is an English word with synonyms like host or boniface. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Innkeeper meaning
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
Using Innkeeper
- The main meaning on this page is: The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
- Useful related words include: host, boniface, patron.
- In the example corpus, innkeeper often appears in combinations such as: the innkeeper, an innkeeper, fat innkeeper.
Context around Innkeeper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Innkeeper
- In this selection, "innkeeper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fat, irish, humble, upends, worm and worms stand out and add context to how "innkeeper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1876 to innkeeper johann dörr and a humble innkeeper s daughter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "innkeeper" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with innkeeper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So, I think that every mother is an innkeeper. (9 words)
Kirsten Mason came on as assistant innkeeper more than a year ago. (12 words)
It must have been like that for the innkeeper the night Jesus was born. (14 words)
Even Backgrounds provide players with more flair, allowing them to become an Innkeeper or a Former Adventurer, as well as unique Feats such as Sorcerous Vigor and Boundless Reserves that help the likes of the Sorcerer and the Monk’s limited resources. (42 words)
Payton was succeeded as innkeeper by his son John, and its reputation as one of the best inns on the Holyhead road must have contributed not a little to the prosperity of the town. (34 words)
While the rest of the pilgrims disperse throughout the town, the Pardoner seeks the affections of Kate the barmaid, but faces problems dealing with the man in her life and the innkeeper Harry Bailey. (34 words)
Example sentences (18)
A chance encounter with a dashing Irish innkeeper upends an American woman's carefully planned trip to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on February 29.
As a humble innkeeper’s daughter with an eye for the queen’s jewels, the soprano Elisabet Strid is a powerhouse, pivoting between memories of youth, desires for fame and manipulative seductions.
Even Backgrounds provide players with more flair, allowing them to become an Innkeeper or a Former Adventurer, as well as unique Feats such as Sorcerous Vigor and Boundless Reserves that help the likes of the Sorcerer and the Monk’s limited resources.
It must have been like that for the innkeeper the night Jesus was born.
The innkeeper’s son, young Jim Hawkins (), seems ill at ease yet entranced by the visitor.
So, I think that every mother is an innkeeper.
Jean Ginn-Marvin, innkeeper at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, says her mother used to make these for her when she was a child.
Kirsten Mason came on as assistant innkeeper more than a year ago.
I’m talking about the fat innkeeper worm, or if we’re talking sexy.
Thousands of these marine worms, called fat innkeeper worms—or “penis fish”—washed up on Drake’s Beach after a recent storm.
For example, an ostler (a keeper of horses) and a hostler (an innkeeper) could easily be confused for one another.
He sold this precious fossil for the money to buy a cow in 1876, to innkeeper Johann Dörr, who again sold it to Ernst Otto Häberlein, the son of K. Häberlein.
In a pretended ceremony, the innkeeper dubs him a knight to be rid of him, and sends him on his way.
Payton was succeeded as innkeeper by his son John, and its reputation as one of the best inns on the Holyhead road must have contributed not a little to the prosperity of the town.
She tries to find Marcello, who is currently living in a little tavern where he paints signs for the innkeeper.
The baptismal register, prepared on 11 October 1813, lists his parents Carlo and Luigia as "innkeeper" and "spinner" respectively.
The term inn is also retained in its historic use in many laws governing motels and hotels, often known as "Innkeeper's Acts".
While the rest of the pilgrims disperse throughout the town, the Pardoner seeks the affections of Kate the barmaid, but faces problems dealing with the man in her life and the innkeeper Harry Bailey.
Common combinations with innkeeper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the innkeeper 5×
- an innkeeper 3×
- fat innkeeper 2×
- as innkeeper 2×