as in landlord
the owner or manager of an inn in Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn a taverner tells a series of tales in verse to a group of travelers

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“Taverner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taverner. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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