|
Dictionaries
- WordNet
- Jargon File
- Computing Dictionary
- Moby Thesaurus
|
Created by
www.noamnet.com
|
 Definitions for guest: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
:
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.
[1913 Webster]
To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or
boarding house.
[1913 Webster]
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
:
Guest \Guest\, v. t.
To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
:
Guest \Guest\, v. i.
To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
And tell me, best of princes, who he was
That guested here so late. --Chapman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 2.0
:
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]
Related SitesBe Our Guest
be our guest, party rental, linens, china, flatware, chairs, glasses ... HOME About employment contact. home | about us ... all content © 2008 Be Our Guest ...
Guest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guest Island in the Ross Sea off Antarctica; part of the Ross Dependency claimed ... Guest River, Virginia, USA. Guest beer, 1989 legislation in the British ...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Please enter your username or Starwood Preferred Guest® number. ... This Starwood Preferred Guest® membership has been merged with another account in the same name. ...
Guest Ranches of North America
Offers listings, photos, and information about ranches across the country.
Christopher Guest - IMDb
Contains filmography and notable TV guest appearances for actor/director Christopher Guest.
|
