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noun
1.
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
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a person who receives the hospitality of a club, a city, or the like.
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a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc., for the lodging, food, or entertainment it provides.
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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.
5.
Zoology. an inquiline.
verb (used with object)
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to entertain as a guest.
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Guests
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verb (used without object)
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to be a guest; make an appearance as a guest: She's been guesting on all the TV talk shows.
adjective
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provided for or done by a guest: a guest towel; a guest column for a newspaper.
9.
participating or performing as a guest: a guest conductor.
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Word Origin & History
guest
O.E. gæst, giest (Anglian gest) "guest, enemy," the common notion being "stranger," from P.Gmc. *gastiz (cf. O.Fris. jest, Du. gast, Ger. Gast, Goth. gasts), from PIE base *ghostis "strange" (cf. O.C.S. gosti "guest, friend"), also preserved in L. hostis "stranger, enemy," and hospes "host," from
EXPANDhosti-potis "host, guest," originally "lord of strangers." Spelling evolution infl. by O.N. gestr (the usual sound changes from the O.E. word would have yielded Mod.Eng. *yest). Phrase be my guest in the sense of "go right ahead" first recorded 1955.
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