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guest
/ɡɛst/
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What does guest mean?
noun
- A recipient of hospitality, especially 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.
More meanings (10)
noun
- A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
- Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
- An inquiline.
verb
- To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
- 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).
- (obsolete) To receive or entertain hospitably.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A river in Virginia, United States, a tributary of the Clinch.
- An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
- A visitor to any of the Disney theme parks
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡɛst/
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He drank his coffee and lit a big black cigar while his guest looked over the assortment of cigarettes on the tray.
Well, To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest.
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The dining-room into which the guest was conducted betrayed a feminine touch not visible in the smoke-dimmed quarters of shop and cabinet.
“Nay, sir, you are my guest. It is late, and my people are not available. Let me see to your comfort myself.”
Mr. Barnum, however, determined to be on hand to meet his distinguished guest at no matter what time she reached the port.