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   Guest

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   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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   Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word guest, which can be a noun or a verb. A guest is a person who is entertained, hosted, or invited, or who appears in a program or performance.

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   Is it proper to offer food to a guest?

   • Certainly, my son; it is always proper to offer food to a guest who takes refuge under our roof. Guest definition: a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.. See examples of GUEST used in a sentence.

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   What does a guest mean?

   • an often well-known person invited to participate or perform in a regular program, series, etc., as a substitute for a regular member or as a special attraction. Zoology. an inquiline. to entertain as a guest. She's been guesting on all the TV talk shows. a guest towel; a guest column for a newspaper. a guest conductor.

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   Who is a guest in a wedding?

   • a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for They only use the dining room when they have guests. She had invited six guests to dinner. She felt that she had to entertain her guests. There were more than 100 wedding guests. as a guest I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest.

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   What does guest mean in French?

   • A guest is someone who has been invited to stay in your home, attend an event, or appear on a radio or television show. She was a guest at the wedding. French Translation of “GUEST” | The official Collins English-French Dictionary online. Over 100,000 French translations of English words and phrases.

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   a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party. a person who receives the hospitality of a club, a city, or the like. a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc., for the lodging, food, or entertainment it provides.

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   Someone who's visiting, or who's been asked to come, is a guest. If your next door neighbor comes over for lunch, she's a guest, and every one of the two hundred people you invite to a wedding is also a guest. You're often referred to as a guest when you stay at a hotel, too.

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   A guest is someone who has been invited to stay in your home, attend an event, or appear on a radio or television show.

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