[ noun ] the owner or manager of an inn <noun.person>
Innkeeper \Inn"keep`er\, n. One who keeps an inn; the proprietor or manager of an inn or hotel.
Syn: innholder. [1913 Webster +PJC]
In tackling parts like the mischievous innkeeper's daughter in "Don Quixote" and the remote but passionate temple dancer in "La Bayadere," she offers less a portrayal than an impersonation.
A month before he killed himself, Vincent van Gogh painted a portrait in blue of his innkeeper's young daughter.
Perhaps advised by the innkeeper or some bystander, Joseph took his worried wife to a nearby cavern-like stable and made a pallet for her among tethered animals.
Holiday Inns, which became known as "America's innkeeper" was begun in Memphis in 1952.
"I used everything at my disposal," said the 54-year-old innkeeper.
"Portrait of Adeline Ravoux" was one of three van Gogh did of his innkeeper's daughter.