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   Guest

   /ɡest/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who is invited to visit the home of or take part in a function organized by another: "I have two guests coming to dinner tonight" Similar visitorcallercompanyarchaic:visitantOpposite host
   • ▪ a person invited to participate in an official event: "the bishop went to Cuba as a guest of the Catholic Church"
   • ▪ a person invited to take part in a radio or television program, sports event, or other entertainment: "a regular guest on the morning show"
   • ▪ a person lodging at a hotel or boarding house: "a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more" Similar patronclientperson stayingboarderlodgerresidenttenantpaying guestPGroomerOpposite landladylandlord
   • ▪ a customer at a restaurant.
   • ▪ a small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest.

   verb

   • 1. appear as a guest: informal "he guested on one of her early albums"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’).

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