guest
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, replacing Old English ġiest.
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[edit] Noun
guest (plural guests)
- a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another
- a patron or customer in a hotel etc.
- an invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast
[edit] Translations
recipient of hospitality
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patron, customer
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invited performer
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[edit] Verb
guest (third-person singular simple present guests, present participle guesting, simple past and past participle guested)
- (intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
- (intransitive) 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)
[edit] Translations
to appear as a guest
