What does guest mean?
Definitions for guest
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Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word guest.
Princeton's WordNet
guest, inviteenoun
a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
Guest, Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guestnoun
United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)
guestnoun
a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
node, client, guestnoun
(computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Wiktionary
guestnoun
a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another
guestnoun
a patron or customer in a hotel etc.
guestnoun
an invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast
guestverb
to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
guestverb
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)
Etymology: From gest, from gestr, replacing Old English ġiest.
Webster Dictionary
Guestnoun
a visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay
Guestverb
to receive or entertain hospitably
Guestverb
to be, or act the part of, a guest
Etymology: [OE. gest, AS. gst, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. gst, Dan. Gjst, Goth. gasts, 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.]
Freebase
Guest
Guest is the first studio album by Critters Buggin of Seattle, Washington and was released in 1994 on Stone Gossard's then new label Loosegroove. Guest was reissued by Kufala Recordings in 2004.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Guest
gest, n. a visitor received and entertained.—n. Guest′-cham′ber (B.), a chamber or room for the accommodation of guests.—v.i. Guest′en (Scot.), to stay as a guest.—adv. Guest′wise, in the manner or capacity of a guest. [A.S. gest, gæst; allied to Dut. and Ger. gast, L. hostis, stranger, enemy.]
Entomology
Guest
applied to those insects that live in nests or dwelling places of other species, not necessarily at the expense of the host.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'guest' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3997
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'guest' in Nouns Frequency: #818
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of guest in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of guest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of guest in a Sentence
We'd like to welcome President Xi as a state guest next spring in a good atmosphere and have been taking care of issues one by one.
While posing as a trusted friend and house guest, McCormack kidnapped his hosts' toddler child and sexually abused the child in local motels and parked cars.
World Choice spokesman Pete Owens:
It has added to confusion in discussions about the expansion of our dinner theaters to new locations across the country and around the world, some of our guest comments and comments of developers, in markets around the country with whom we spoke, show a misconception of what our show is. They do not realize the Stampede is a very patriotic, spectacular, horse show with 32 beautiful horses as the stars.
And the PM said to him, 'Please come, you are our guest, please come and have tea with me'.
Website ratings are based on personal opinion and individual guest experience, whereas AA inspections are carried out using a set of quality standards by a highly experienced inspector.
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Translations for guest
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- gas, klant, gaskunstenaar, klientAfrikaans
- ضيفArabic
- ҡунаҡBashkir
- госцьBelarusian
- гост, посетител, клиентBulgarian
- invitat, convidat, hosteCatalan, Valencian
- hostCzech
- gæst, gæsteDanish
- Gast, gastierenGerman
- επισκέπτης, πελάτης, φιλοξενούμενος, προσκεκλημένος, φιλοξενούμαιGreek
- gastoEsperanto
- huéspedSpanish
- külalineEstonian
- gonbidatu, ostalariBasque
- مهمانPersian
- vieras, asiakasFinnish
- gesturFaroese
- hôteFrench
- אורחHebrew
- मेहमान, अतिथिHindi
- vendégHungarian
- հյուրArmenian
- gesturIcelandic
- ospite, cliente, invitato, convitatoItalian
- 客, お客さん, 顧客, 客人, 来客Japanese
- სტუმარიGeorgian
- 손님Korean
- میوانKurdish
- hostis, hospesLatin
- svečiasLithuanian
- viesisLatvian
- гостинка, гостин, гостуваMacedonian
- mistiedenMaltese
- ဧည့်သည်Burmese
- gastDutch
- gjestNorwegian
- convidatOccitan
- gośćPolish
- hóspede, convidadoPortuguese
- giast, hospRomansh
- oaspete, musafirRomanian
- гостья, посетитель, постоялец, клиент, гость, посетительница, гостить, клиенткаRussian
- cumbidàuSardinian
- гост, гошћа, gost, gošćaSerbo-Croatian
- hosť, hostka, hostiaSlovak
- gostja, gost, gošćaSlovene
- mysafir, vizitorAlbanian
- gästa, gäst, gästartist, hotellgästSwedish
- అతిథిTelugu
- แขกThai
- misafirTurkish
- مېھمانUyghur, Uighur
- гістьUkrainian
- مہمانUrdu
- mehmonUzbek
- khách, 客Vietnamese
- lotanVolapük
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