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 Definitions for Guest: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Guest \Guest\ (g[e^]st), n. [OE. gest, AS. g[ae]st, gest; akin
to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. g[aum]st, Dan.
Gj[aum]st, Goth. gasts, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy,
stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the root
is unknown. Cf. Host an army, Hostile.]
1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's
house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without
pay.
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To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night.
--Spenser.
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True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope.
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2. A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or
boarding house.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without
compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
(b) An inquiline.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Guest \Guest\, v. t.
To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Guest \Guest\, v. i.
To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.]
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And tell me, best of princes, who he was
That guested here so late. --Chapman.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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guest
adj : staying temporarily; "a visiting foreigner"; "guest
conductor" [syn: visiting, {guest(a)}]
n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: invitee]
2: United States journalist (born in England) noted for his
syndicated homey verse (1881-1959) [syn: Edgar Guest, {Edgar
Albert Guest}]
3: a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
4: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a
computer network [syn: node, client]
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