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Taverns

Scope note

Primarily 17th- to early 19th-century English and American places of eating, drinking, and public accommodations, which often became local centers of social gatherings; distinguished from "inns" which emphasize their overnight accommodations and also provide food and drinking facilities; for establishments that emphasize drinking, especially liquors, use "pubs" or "saloons."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30005207

Broader Terms used

<eating and drinking buildings>

Narrower Terms used

ordinaries (taverns)

Term used for

bars (taverns)

Equivalent Terms used

tavern

Created

13yrs ago

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