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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guest \Guest\, n. (Zo["o]l.) a Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite. b An inquiline. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guest \Guest\, n. [OE. gest, AS g[ae]st, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gust, Icel gestr, Sw g["a]st, Dan. Gj["a]st, Goth. gast, 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 To cheer his gueste, whom he had stayed that night. --Spenser. True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guest \Guest\, v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] --Sylvester. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guest \Guest\, v. i. To be or act the part of a guest. [Obs.] And tell me best of princes, who he was That guested here so late. --Chapman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc 3: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: {node}, {client}]
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