tavern

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks

   The coach stopped at a tavern near the turnpike.

2. 2
   noun

   A restaurant or bar.

   The coach stopped at a tavern near the turnpike.

3. 3
   noun

   A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, and offering sleeping accommodations for travelers.

   I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.

From Middle English taverne, from Old French taverne (“wine shop”), from Latin taberna (“inn”). Doublet of taberna and taverna.

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