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tavern

[ tav-ern ]

noun

  1. a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.

    Synonyms: pub, bar

  2. a public house for travelers and others; inn.

    Synonyms: hostelry



tavern

/ ˈtævən /

noun

  1. a less common word for pub
  2. a place licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink


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Other Words From

  • tavern·less adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tavern1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English taverne, from Old French, from Latin taberna “hut, inn, wine shop”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tavern1

C13: from Old French taverne, from Latin taberna hut

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Synonym Study

See hotel.

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Example Sentences

Throughout the years it has also served as a sailor tavern and a high-end restaurant.

She could have auditioned to be the tavern wench or a faerie; instead, she signed on as a merchant, knitting chain-mail bikinis.

So raucous did the celebration get that City Tavern took the unusual step of sending along a bill for “breakage.”

At the end of the fourth season premiere, Arya and The Hound stumble upon a tavern in the woods.

“I was just with him at the Minetta Tavern, having a martini and a burger,” she says.

Tatham says, "Even the tavern keepers were compelled to exchange a dinner for a few pounds of tobacco."

"I think I'll stroll down to the tavern and see this stranger," I replied carelessly.

It has been years since they have had a license at our tavern, so there was a solitary man in the bar-room when I entered.

To solve this one I stopped on the tavern steps, leaned against a pillar, and gazed through the dozing village.

Longcluse had made up his mind promptly on the night of the billiard-match played in the Saloon Tavern.

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