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English Dictionary: guest	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guest n a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee] United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959) Synonym(s): Guest, Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guest a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network Synonym(s): node, client, guest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite. (b) An inquiline.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, n. [OE. gest, AS. g[91]st, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gust, Icel gestr, Sw. g[84]st, Dan. Gj[84]st, Goth. gast, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the root is unknown. Cf. {Host} an army, {Hostile}.] 1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay. To cheer his gueste, whom he had stayed that night. --Spenser. True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guest \Guest\, v. i. To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.] And tell me, best of princes, who he was That guested here so late. --Chapman.