tavern
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tavern — late 13c., wine shop, later public house (mid 15c.), from O.Fr. taverne (mid 13c.) shed made of boards, booth, stall, also tavern, inn, from L. taberna shop, inn, tavern, originally hut, shed, possibly by dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs… … Etymology dictionary
Tavern — Tav ern, n. [OE. taverne, F. taverne, from L. taberna a hut, booth, tavern. Cf. {Table}, {Tabernacle}.] A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tavern — ► NOUN chiefly archaic or N. Amer. ▪ an inn or public house. ORIGIN Old French taverne, from Latin taberna hut, tavern … English terms dictionary
tavern — [tav′ərn] n. [ME taverne < OFr < L taberna, tavern, booth, stall made of boards, altered by dissimilation < * traberna < trabs, a beam, roof < IE base * treb , beamed structure, building > THORP] 1. a place where liquors, beer,… … English World dictionary
tavern — [n] business establishment for serving drink, food alehouse, bar, barroom, beer joint*, dive*, drinkery, gin mill*, grog shop*, honky tonk*, hostelry, hotel, inn, joint*, lodge, lounge, night spot, nineteenth hole*, pub, public house, roadhouse,… … New thesaurus
tavern — tavernless, adj. /tav euhrn/, n. 1. a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises. 2. a public house for travelers and others; inn. [1250 1300; ME taverne < OF < L taberna hut, inn, wine shop] Syn. 1. bar; pub. 2. hostelry. See… … Universalium
Tavern — A tavern or pot house is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. The word derives from the Latin taberna and the Greek… … Wikipedia
Tavern — City Tavern City Tavern La City Tavern est un bâtiment de la ville de Philadelphie, sur la côte est des États Unis. Elle se trouve sur 138 South 2nd Street, à l intersection de la 2e Rue et de Walnut Street, dans le Center City. Au XVIIIe siècle … Wikipédia en Français
tavern — UK [ˈtævə(r)n] / US [ˈtævərn] noun [countable] Word forms tavern : singular tavern plural taverns an old word meaning pub … English dictionary
tavern — tav|ern [ˈtævən US ərn] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: taverne, from Latin taberna small simple building, shop ] 1.) BrE old use a ↑pub where you can also stay the night 2.) a word for a bar, often used in the name of a bar ▪ Murphy s… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tavern — [13] Tavern comes via Old French taverne from Latin taberna ‘hut, inn’, a word possibly of Etruscan origin. Derived from taberna, in the sense ‘hut’, was the diminutive form tabernāculum ‘tent’, which was borrowed into English as tabernacle [13] … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
