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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAV'ERN, n. [L. taberna; tab, the root of table, a board.]
A house licensed to see liquors in small quantities, to be drank on the spot. In some of the United States, tavern is synonymous with inn or hotel, and denotes a house for the entertainment of travelers, as well as for the sale of liquors, licensed for that purpose.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks [syn: tavern, tap house]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English taverne, from Anglo-French, from Latin taberna hut, shop Date: 14th century 1. an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on the premises 2. inn

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. literary an inn or public house. Etymology: ME f. OF taverne f. L taberna hut, tavern

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tavern Tav"ern, n. [OE. taverne, F. taverne, from L. taberna a hut, booth, tavern. Cf. Table, Tabernacle.] A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(taverns) A tavern is a bar or pub. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Inn, public-house, hostelry, eating-house.

Moby Thesaurus

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