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   guest

   /ɡɛst/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is invited to visit someone's home or attend a particular social occasion: "I have two guests coming to dinner tonight" Similar visitorcallercompanyarchaic:visitantOpposite host
   • ▪ a person invited to participate in an official event: "he was in Warsaw as a guest of the Polish government"
   • ▪ a person invited to take part in a radio or television programme or other entertainment: "a regular guest on the morning show"
   • 2. a person staying at a hotel or guest house: "a reduction for guests staying seven nights or more" Similar patronclientperson stayingboarderlodgerresidenttenantpaying guestPGroomerOpposite landladylandlord
   • ▪ a customer at a restaurant. US
   • 3. a small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest.

   verb

   • 1. appear as a temporary or visiting performer or participant in a television or radio programme or other entertainment: informal "he guested on the show two weeks ago"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’).

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   Is it proper to offer food to a guest?

   • Certainly, my son; it is always proper to offer food to a guest who takes refuge under our roof. Guest definition: a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.. See examples of GUEST used in a sentence.

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   Who is a guest in a wedding?

   • a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for They only use the dining room when they have guests. She had invited six guests to dinner. She felt that she had to entertain her guests. There were more than 100 wedding guests. as a guest I went to the theatre club as Helen's guest.

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   What is guest NOUN?

   • Definition of guest noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a person that you have invited to your house or to a particular event that you are paying for They only use the dining room when they have guests. She had invited six guests to dinner. She felt that she had to entertain her guests. There were more than 100 wedding guests.

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   What is a guest in a hotel?

   • guest on He guests on their latest video. A person who is staying in a hotel is also called a guest. Four senators and their families were flown to Martinique as guests of the oil company. The factory owners treated us as honored guests. The store opening featured several guest speakers from the local business community.

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   Who is your guest if you invite a friend to your home?

   • If you invite a friend to your home, she is your guest. You might announce to your parents that you've invited seven guests for Thanksgiving. Someone who's visiting, or who's been asked to come, is a guest.

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   Someone who's visiting, or who's been asked to come, is a guest. If your next door neighbor comes over for lunch, she's a guest, and every one of the two hundred people you invite to a wedding is also a guest. You're often referred to as a guest when you stay at a hotel, too.

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