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guest (gest)

noun

    1. a person entertained at the home of another; visitor
    2. a person entertained by another acting as host at a restaurant, theater, etc.
  2. any paying customer of a hotel, restaurant, etc.
  3. a nonmember receiving the hospitality of a club, institution, etc.
  4. a person who appears or performs on a program by special invitation
  5. inquiline

Etymology: ME gest < ON gestr, akin to OE gæst, Ger gast < IE base *ghostis, stranger, guest > L hostis

adjective

  1. for guests
  2. performing by special invitation a guest artist

transitive verb

to entertain as a guest

intransitive verb

to be, or perform as, a guest

guest Synonyms

guest

n.

  1. One to whom hospitality is extended

    visitor, caller, house guest, dinner guest, visitant, company, partaker of hospitality, sharer, recipient of one's bounty, inmate, confidant, confidante, fellow, messmate, boon companion, bedfellow.

  2. One who is received for pay

    tenant, boarder, patron, customer, paying guest, roomer, habitué, sojourner, frequenter, lodger, renter. See syn. study at visitor.visitor.

guest Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • honor: Guest of honor was, of course, Ozzy, the guide dog.
  • honor: You want to create a truly special time for the guest of honor without any unintended faux pas.

Converse of object

  • invite: A proud owner will invite guests to enjoy his creation.
  • entertain: During the summer there is plenty going on at Courchevel 1850 to keep guests entertained.
  • greet: Only Nimira came down to greet the guests, everyone else keeping to the shade.
  • accommodate: We have 6 accessible rooms that will accommodate disabled guests.

Adjective modifier

  • distinguished: Among the distinguished guests was Professor Moshe Sharon, who holds the chair for Bahá'í studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
  • uninvited: UNINVITED GUESTS in collaboration with sound artist Duncan Speakman: Schlock, Tue 15 - Sun 20 February at 8.30pm â Sun 6.30pm.
  • discerning: With elegant surroundings, a friendly family atmosphere and attentive service, The Red House is an excellent base for the discerning guest.
  • special: Special guests Freddy King, the Powder Jazz Trio.
  • overnight: Overnight guests On occasion one guest may stay overnight in a student's room for no more than two nights in succession.

Modifies a noun

  • speaker: Each meeting will also have a guest speaker who will talk us about some of the topics related to our new babies.
  • appearance: Watch out for special guest star appearances throughout the festival.
  • lecturer: Experts and practitioners have been invited to participate in the course as visiting tutors and guest lecturers.
  • house: Rob was even followed to the toilet in a shed on the land behind the guest house.
  • vocalist: The video features the guest vocalist, Shaun Ryder.
  • cloakroom: The property comprises reception room, kitchen with balcony, three good-sized bedrooms, bathroom and guest cloakroom.

Noun used with modifier

  • celebrity: There will also be numerous celebrity guests from other work Wendy has appeared in.
  • wedding: Ideally situated for business people, tourists and wedding guests.
  • dinner: If you could invite 5 famous dinner guests ( living or dead ) who would they be?
guest Quotes

I think the dying prayat the last not please but thank you as a guest thanks his host at the door.

—Dillard, Annie

I Tiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs Perceived the scene, and foretold the restö I too awaited the expected guest. He, the young man carbuncular, arrives, A small house agent's clerk, with one bold stare, One of the low on whom assurance sits As a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

   Earth receive an honoured guest; WilliamYeats is laid to rest: Let the Irish vessel lie Emptied of its poetry.

—Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

A guest of one's time and not a member of the household.

—Kennan, George Frost

Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness. For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.

—Bible (Apocrypha)

Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

—Pope, Alexander

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