a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
a person who receives the hospitality of a club, a city, or the like.
a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc., for the lodging, food, or entertainment it provides.
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.
Zoologyan inquiline.
v.t.
to entertain as a guest.
v.i.
to be a guest; make an appearance as a guest:She's been guesting on all the TV talk shows.
adj.
provided for or done by a guest:a guest towel; a guest column for a newspaper.
participating or performing as a guest:a guest conductor.
Old Norse gestr; replacing Old English gi(e)st; cognate with German Gast, Gothic gasts, Latin hostis; compare host1, host2
Middle English gest bef. 900
guest′less, adj.
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged company. See visitor.
Guest(gest),USA pronunciationn.
BiographicalEdgar A(lbert), 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
(intransitive)(in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest: to guest on a show
Etymology: Old English giest guest, stranger, enemy; related to Old Norse gestr, Gothic gasts, Old High German gast, Old Slavonic gostǐ, Latin hostis enemy
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