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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse gestr, replacing Old English ġiest.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
guest

Plural
guests

guest (plural guests)

  1. a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another
  2. a patron or customer in a hotel etc.
  3. an invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to guest

Third person singular
guests

Simple past
guested

Past participle
guested

Present participle
guesting

to guest (third-person singular simple present guests, present participle guesting, simple past and past participle guested)

  1. (intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
  2. (intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in it's line up (for instance, percussion in a string band

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