auberge

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auberge

(French obɛrʒ)
n
an inn or tavern
[C17: from French, from Old Provençal alberga, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon heriberga army shelter]
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au•berge

(oʊˈbɛərʒ)

n., pl. au•berg•es (oʊˈbɛər ʒɪz)
an inn; hostel.
[1770–80; < French]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.auberge - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersauberge - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan - an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
imaret - a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
post house, posthouse - an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
roadhouse - an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
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References in classic literature ?
Some small houses on the side of the road leading to Corbeil, an inn, called the "Auberge du Donjon," which offered passing hospitality to waggoners; these were about all to represent civilisation in this out-of-the-way part of the country, but a few leagues from the capital.
They needed breakfast, and alighted at the door of an AUBERGE, recommended by a sign representing St.
They arrived at Amiens at midnight, and alighted at the AUBERGE of the Golden Lily.
Madame Reuter looked more like a joyous, free-living old Flemish fermiere, or even a maitresse d'auberge, than a staid, grave, rigid directrice de pensionnat.
He found Aramis seated between the superior of the Dominicans and the principal of the college of the Jesuits, exactly in the same situation as he had found him formerly in the auberge at Crevecoeur.
I have heard that from that time English archers have been better treated in the auberge of Cardillac.