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guesthouse

[ gest-hous ]

noun

, plural guest·hous·es [gest, -hou-ziz].
  1. a small building, separate from a main house or establishment, for the housing of guests.


guesthouse

/ ˈɡɛstˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a private home or boarding house offering accommodation, esp to travellers


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Word History and Origins

Origin of guesthouse1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English giest hūs. See guest, house

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Example Sentences

The well-trodden route passes multiple guesthouses, restaurants, and hotels, and there’s even a service that ferries a hiker’s bags from one destination to the next.

Mighty Buildings started out printing "accessory dwelling units" — small guesthouses that are one answer to the housing shortage.

From Axios

You’ll hike anywhere from three to ten miles per day and sleep in guesthouses, panoramic domes, and backcountry base camps.

After visiting other touristic sites such as Rionegro, the two of them reportedly rented a guesthouse called La Camelia in Jardín.

This time, the narrative is centered on a woman and her guesthouse on the coast, where she’s just invited a famous artist to stay.

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Their guesthouse is particularly lauded for its restaurant and beverage program.

A similar dwelling, “The Bunkie”, meant to serve as a guesthouse or office, recently started taking orders.

Over the following months, the files claim, bin Laden used another guesthouse near Kabul to receive visitors.

Insurgents seem to be able to strike anywhere, even at a U.N. guesthouse full of election workers in the middle of Kabul.

A militant attack a U.N. guesthouse in the Afghan capital did more than kill eight civilians.

Oftener have the men of Erin been contending for thee every night than thou hast been wandering about for a guesthouse.

"We were in quarters, aboard the Aldebaran and in the guesthouse at the airport," Kormork reported.

Bring her here to laugh at me as she laughed in the twilight beneath the guesthouse window.

Besides, there is no need, since your aunt has her own guesthouse.

He got back in his car and peeled across the road to the shantytown and the guesthouse.

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