Synonyms of the word

innkeeper

• n. The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

boniface

• n. The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant.
• n. An innkeeper.

host

• n. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
• n. One that provides a facility for an event.
• n. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
• n. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
• n. (computing, Internet) A server in a network.
• n. (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
• n. (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
• n. (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
• n. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
• v. To perform the role of a host.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
• v. (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
• n. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels).
• n. A large number of items; a large inventory.
• n. (Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

patron

• n. One who protects or supports; a defender.
• n. A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
• n. A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works.
• n. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
• n. (historical, Roman antiquity) A master who had freed his slave but still retained some paternal rights…
• n. An advocate or pleader.
• n. (Britain, ecclestiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
• n. (nautical) A padrone.
• v. (obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.