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[ UK /ˈɪnkiːpɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnˌkipɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the owner or manager of an inn

How To Use innkeeper In A Sentence

  • The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door. STARDUST
  • Innkeepers complained of unlet rooms, and caterers of wasted supplies.
  • The soldier tried to shove past the innkeeper, but to no avail.
  • Over the same period, the number of similarly offending innkeepers who were amerced the higher sum of 3s. 4d. varied between eight in 1631 and 1637 and four in 1632 and every year between 1639 and 1642. Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner
  • Not only have the top-boots and breeches vanished from the costume of innkeepers, but also the long, parti-coloured waistcoat, and the birds'-eye fogle round their necks. Can You Forgive Her?
  • Not only has she been seen several times, she has even talked to the innkeepers and certain guests.
  • Knight and squire crossed paths with a variety of rural characters - goatherds, galley slaves, innkeepers, and others - all of whom had rambling stories to tell.
  • The innkeeper raised appealing eyes to heaven, spread out his long fingers, and heaved his round shoulders.
  • The old innkeeper smiled, the creases around her eyes multiplying.
  • A triple purpose was thus served, -- the Venetian merchants were protected in their lives and goods, the national honor was saved from insult, and many an honest zecchino was turned by the innkeepers and others who lodged and entertained the customers of the merchants. Venetian Life
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