host
host (hōst)
noun
- a wafer of the bread used in a Eucharistic service
- a consecrated Eucharistic wafer
Etymology: ME hoste < OFr hoiste < ML(Ec) hostia, consecrated host < L, animal sacrificed, prob. < hostire, to recompense, requite
host (hōst)
noun
- one who entertains guests either at home or elsewhere
- a person who keeps an inn or hotel; innkeeper
- a country or area that provides place and services for a competition or event the city will be host to the Olympics
- any organism on or in which a parasitic organism lives for nourishment or protection
- an individual, esp. an embryo, into which a graft is inserted
- Comput. the main or central computer in a network
- Radio, TV the person who conducts a program that features informal conversation, interviews, etc.
Etymology: ME hoste < OFr, host, guest < L hospes (gen. hospitis): see hospice
intransitive verb, transitive verb
host (hōst)
noun
- an army
- a multitude; great number
Etymology: ME < OFr < ML hostis, army, hostile force < L: see hospice
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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