Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆stilē̆r n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆stilē̆r n. Also hostler, husteler, ostiler, -e(i)ler, ostler, oistler & (?errors) hosterer, hostlei. |
| Etymology | AF hostiler & OF hostelier & ML hostellārius, hostilārius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The guest master or mistress in a religious house; also fig.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Cuth.(LdMisc 108)61 : Þe Abbot sende him out to one of heore celles; hostiler [Corp-C: ostiler] he was þare i-mad gistes to onder-fongue.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)7.403 : After comply, þe celerer & þe hostiler [L hostilarius]..serueþ þe gystes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)372 : Ostelere: Hospiciarius, hospiciaria.
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)57/10 : Curtasye sall be hostelere.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)245/13,26 : Hym happynd be made hosteler to kepe gestis in þer ostrie..yone gude liberall monke, your hostley, servid me yistrevyn at my supper.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)37 : I [Charity] am..osteleer to pilgrimes.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1403 : Cuthbert was made hosteler, To gestyn commers fra ferr and nere.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4165 : A monke þat many day Þare was hostilere [rime: ferr].
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)682/5 : Nomina Dignitatum Clericorum..Hic hospitelarius: a hosteler.
2.
(a) An innkeeper or lodging house keeper, the master or mistress of an inn; craft of hostileres, a guild of innkeepers; hostileres man, an innkeeper's servant; (b) ?a brothel keeper, ?prostitute; ~ of the steues, brothel keeper; (c) a servant at an inn; esp. one who attends horses, a stableman; also, one who keeps horses for hire, a horse dealer; servaunt ~, an innkeeper's servant or apprentice; (d) laughter of hostileres, a group of innkeepers.
Associated quotations
a
- (1350) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.233 : [Isabella de Toppesham] hostelere [was attached to answer a charge of detaining 80 florins..entrusted to her..at her hostel].
- (1365) Doc.Gildh.Lond.in RS 12.3422 : Ricardus le Yonge, hostyller..vendidit panem equinum in hospitio suo non signatum de meta pistorum Civitatis.
- (1373) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.164 : [Mayoral precept to the Aldermen of the Wards, ordering them to see..that lodging-house keepers] hostillers [sell hay at not more than 2 d. per day and night for each horse].
- (1385) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)4.167 : [Simon Carselac], hosteler.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.137 : Þis Heleyne was an hosteler [L stabulariam] at þe citee Treverent.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.241 : He knew the tauernes wel in euery toun, And euery hostiler [vr. osteller] and tappestere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Co.(Manly-Rickert)A.4360 : Be thou nat wrooth..Thogh that my tale be of an hostileer [vrr. ostelleere, ostylere].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.73 : Þe samaritan..Herberwed hym at an hostrye and to þe hostellere [vr. ostiler] called..'Kepe þis man.'
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.115 : Hope þe hostelleres man shal be þere þe man lith an helynge.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)35/18 : He took tweie pens to þe ostler.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)139/18,22 : Þere ben certeyn jnnes in euery gode town, & he þat wil make the feste wil sey to the hostellere: 'Arraye for me to morwe a gode dyner for so many folk.'
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.3 TDWorld (Corp-C 296)181 : Lordis þei resceyuen to here housynge, & letten osteleris of here offices & wynnynge.
- (1432) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.266 : [Richard Cok], hostillare.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)111/23 : Þe osteler cam vp to hir chawmbyr in gret hast.
- (1442) RParl.5.54b : That no man that holdeth commune Hostrie..be Custumer..be the favour that sucche commune Hostelers myght..do to Marchauntz and other her Hostes.
- (1444) RParl.5.112b : The same fourme be observed of salaries of Servauntz with Hostillers.
- (1446) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)316 : The people enfraunchised in the craft of Hostillers of thys Cyte of Londone.
- (1446) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)317 : Upon peyne for to lese vj s. viij d..half to the Chaumbre of the Guyldhall & half to the said craft of hostillers.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)284 : As an oosteler seith to his gist; 'Sir, y take this chaumbir to ȝou forto ligge in it.'
- (1450) RParl.5.202b : Diverse Ostillers, Bruers, and other Vitellers, kepyng Ostriez and other Houses of retaillyng of vitaillez.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)21 : The Hostelere was so halowid from a plase to a-nothir.
- (1474) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1170a : Hit shall be lawfull to all manner of Innholders and Hostelers, being Freemen of the said citie..to retayle within their innys, hostryes, and mansyons.
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)278 : Suche a nother [scarceler]..as can alle the weyes..as well as the hosterries and hostellers.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7033 : Or olde horis hostilers, Or other bawdes or bordillers.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)2712 : Þar loygyng in a place toke þei with A woman þat raab hyȝt..scho was commyn kend as hostler [vr. ostlere] euyn and morn.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)699 : Gay ioly tapsters, with hostelers of the stewes, Hoores, and baudys.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.440 : Thise folk..that holden hostelries sustenen the thefte of hire hostilers.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.170 : Hikke þe hostiler [B: hakeneyman] hitte his hood aftir.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.180 : Hikke þe hostiller [B: hostellere; C: hakeneyman] þanne hadde þe cloke.
- (1446) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)317 : That no maner man holdyng comone hostrie..take eny servaunt hostiler which that hath bene dwellyng afore tyme with eny persone occupying the said craft in cas the said servaunt hostiller have bene..found vicious or untrewe to his maister..or to eny of his gestis.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)521 : What point in chaumbring, stabiling, gardeins, beddis, seruicis of the ostiler..plesith oon gist, plesith not an other.
- a1450 3 KCol.(1) (Roy 18.A.10)23/14,17 : In þis strete was..a comune plaas to diuers hostlers and oþer men þat had hors to hyre þer to teye her hors, for pilgrimes, ȝif þei had nede to ride in þat contrey; and þis was a comune custome to diuers hostlers and to all men..to bring her hors to þat plaas.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57417 : My mastyr paid to the osteler of the Tabard..for stondynge of the horse there in the juste tyme..the same day my mastyr paid hym for horsemete.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)687/37 : Hic hostiarius: a nostyller.
d
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : A laughtre of hosterers.
- a1475 in Hodgkin Proper Terms54 : A Lavȝttyr of hostelers.
- c1475 in Hodgkin Proper Terms53 : A Lawghtur of Ostylersse.
3.
As surname.
Associated quotations
- (1204) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms91 : Rob. le Ostler.
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.420 : Galfridus le Osteyler.
- (1254) Abbrev.Plac.Hen.III129 : Frater Willelmus le Ostiller.
- (1258) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms90 : Alan. le Oystler.
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1467 : Robertus le Hostler.
- (1296) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms91 : Rob. le Hosteler.
- (1301) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms90 : Rob. Hosteler, Henr. Husteler.
- (1330) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100517 : Ricardi Hostiller de Wyuestow.
- (1360) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms90 : Nic. Osteler.
- (1381) RParl.3.112b : Willelmus Hosteler, Serviens Willelmi Rothewell..Hostelere.
- (1410) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms91 : Hugh Hostyler.