host¹ /hōst/

1. A person who entertains a stranger or guest at his or her house without (or with) reward
2. An innkeeper or publican
3. A person who introduces performers or participants, who chairs discussions, etc on a programme or show
4. A place acting as the venue for (an event), usu implying some involvement in the organization of the event and the welcoming of the participants
5. An organism on which another lives as a parasite (also figurative)
6. A person or animal that has received transplanted tissue or a transplanted organ
7. A host computer (see below)

1. To receive and entertain guests at (an event)
2. To act as or be the chairperson, compère, etc of (a show, programme, event, etc)

To lodge, to be a guest

hōstˈess noun

1. A female host
2. A paid female partner at a dance hall, nightclub, etc
3. A prostitute (euphemistic)

To act as a hostess (to)

hōstˈess-ship noun

The character or office of a hostess

hōstˈlesse adjective (Spenser)

Inhospitable

hōstˈry noun (Spenser)

Lodging

host computer noun

A computer attached to and in control of a multi-terminal computer system, or one attached to a multi-computer network and able eg to provide access to a number of databases

hostess trolley noun

A trolley with electronically heated compartments for keeping food warm while it is brought to the table

air hostess see under air

lie at host (Shakespeare)

To be lodged

reckon or count without one's host

1. To count up one's bill without reference to the landlord
2. To fail to take account of some important possibility, such as the action of another

host² /hōst/

1. An army (archaic)
2. A great multitude

hōstˈing noun

1. A battle (Milton)
2. A muster, a military expedition (Spenser)

a host in himself

A man of great strength, skill or resources within himself

Lord of hosts

A favourite Hebrew term for Jehovah, considered as head of the hosts of angels, the hosts of stars, etc

host³ /hōst/

1. A sacrificial victim (obsolete)
2. (often with cap) in the Roman Catholic Church, the consecrated wafer of the Eucharist

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