inn /ɪn/noun 5verb 2forms 4 noun5 •a place where people on a journey can pay to sleep, eat and drink[H]ow much more agreeable to himself to get into snug quarters in a chateau, [...] rather than take up with the miserable lodgement, and miserable fare of a country inn. — 1824 •A tavern. •One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.Serjeants’ Inns •(UK, old-fashioned) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person. •(no longer used) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.But nowe sadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phoebus weary of his yerely tas-ke: / Ystabled hath his steedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fishes has-ke. — 1579 verb2 •(no longer used) To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.But where do you intend to inn to-night? — 1714 •(no longer used) To lodge or house (someone or something).I have but Inn'd my horse since, master Cockstone. — 2018 formsinned · inning · inns · INNs