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Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. Wiktionary doesn't even recognize it.
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[nq:1]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. [/nq] I certainly don't recognise it!

  • [nq:1]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused?
  • Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word.
  • [/nq] I certainly don't recognise it!
  • With best wishes, Peter.
  • Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
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[nq:1]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. Wiktionary doesn't even recognize it.[/nq]
I certainly don't recognise it!
With best wishes,
Peter.

Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004. (US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
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[nq:1]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. Wiktionary doesn't even recognize it. Bobhttp://www.kanyak.com[/nq]
Possibly you are confusing it with "hostelry", a word meaning hotel or inn. I suppose you might be thinking of the French word h=F4tellerie, whic
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[nq:1]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. Wiktionary doesn't even recognize it.[/nq]
Unknown to OED in either of the spellings you give
John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:1]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. Wiktionary doesn't even recognize it.[/nq]
Where have you come across 'hotelery' and 'hotelry' (apart from on Google)?

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[nq:2]Is the word "hotelry" really all that rare/unused? Google fetches up only about 9,000 instances of the word. Wiktionary doesn't even recognize it. Bobhttp://www.kanyak.com[/nq]
[nq:1]Possibly you are confusing it with "hostelry", a word meaning hotel or inn. I suppose you might be thinking of the French word hôtellerie,
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[nq:2]Possibly you are confusing it with "hostelry", a word meaning ... hôtellerie, which is what they call the the hotel business?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Hotelry" seems to be used for the hotel businesses. Google finds examples in - Palm Beach Florida: http://www.hotelry.com/[/nq]
I don't see the word used at this website other tha

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