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Guest

/ɡɛst/

A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

📖 Definitions of "Guest"

noun
  1. 1

    A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

    "The guests were let in by the butler."

  2. 2

    A patron or customer in a hotel etc.

    "Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure."

  3. 3

    An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.

    "The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer."

  4. 4

    A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.

verb
  1. 1

    To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast

  2. 2

    As a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)

  3. 3

    To receive or entertain hospitably.

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