| Pronunciation: | | 'tavurn
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| Matching Terms: | | tavern keeper, taverner, taverning, tavernman, taverns, the three
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks |
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| | Synonyms: | | tap house |
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| | See Also: | | beer garden, bucket shop, building, edifice, gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, rathskeller, saloon, shebeen, taphouse |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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