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What is the meaning of ARMS when used in a hotel/boarding house title.?
Such as "Memorial Arms" hotel etc. A friend suggested that it is an acronym for Apartments & Rooms with Maid Service but I have exhausted my resources in trying to locate a definitive answer.
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- Lisa BLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I don't think it's an acronym. "Arms" (meaning pictures of weapons) used to be popular names for inns. It's like saying "kings" or "union" -- not a lot of serious meaning attached.
- yancychipperLv 61 decade ago
"Arms" was originally used to indicate that an inn, pub, hotel, etc. that had a coat of arms on their sign, to indicate that they had some kind of noble patron. I imagine this is not true of all places with that in the name (especially in America), They may just be trying to sound fancy.
- RAY GLv 71 decade ago
"Arms" is a standard component name for pubs and hotels.
The origin is heraldic - coats of arms - as many inns historically were named after the heraldic arms of the local landowner or some dignitary to be honoured.
Source(s): Wikipedia, Pub names, Heraldry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub_names#Heraldry