as in landlord
the owner or manager of an inn in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn a taverner tells a series of tales in verse to a group of travelers

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Noun
  • Notably, Madison Equities a large downtown commercial real estate landlord, put the Alliance Bank Center and nine other properties up for sale en masse more than a year ago following the death of company principal Jim Crockarell.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Lee inherited being a landlord.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stay At The Inn At Bald Head Island Let owners and innkeepers Gail and Dann Jackson spoil you with hospitality at this charming bed and breakfast located in Harbor Village.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Taverner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taverner. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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