house guest

Ange's little sister Tina started to call me "the house-guest," as in "is the house-guest eating dinner with me tonight?"

The three men saluted their house-guest sedately by kissing Claire on the forehead.

To emphasize her support, Mrs. Noxon insisted on Charity Coe's coming to her as a house-guest for a week before the fte.

But an invitation for any general entertainment may be asked for a stranger—especially for a house-guest.

It is supposed to be merely a pretty speech—but in a measure it is true of every host's attitude toward his house guest.