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noun
1.
a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
2.
a public house for travelers and others; inn.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English taverne < Old French < Latin taberna hut, inn, wine shop
1250–1300; Middle English taverne < Old French < Latin taberna hut, inn, wine shop
Related forms
tav·ern·less, adjective
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Word Origin & History
tavern
late 13c., "wine shop," later "public house" (mid-15c.), from O.Fr. taverne (1256) "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 (gen. trabis) "beam, timber."
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