Definitions for guest
gɛstguest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. guest, inviteenoun

   a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

2. Guest, Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guestnoun

   United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959)

3. guestnoun

   a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.

4. node, client, guestnoun

   (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. guestnoun

   a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another

2. guestnoun

   a patron or customer in a hotel etc.

3. guestnoun

   an invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast

4. guestverb

   to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast

5. 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)

6. Etymology: From gest, from gestr, replacing Old English ġiest.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUESTnoun

   Etymology: gest, gist, Saxon; gwest, Welsh.

   1. One entertained in the house of another.

   They all murmured, saying, that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. Lu. xix. 7.

   Methinks a father
   Is, at the nuptial of his son, a guest
   That best becomes the table. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Tell my royal guest
   I add to his commands my own request. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. A stranger; one who comes newly to reside.

   O desarts, desarts! how fit a guest am I for you, since my heart can people you with wild ravenous beasts, which in you are wanting. Philip Sidney.

   Those happiest smiles
   That play’d on her ripe lip, seem’d not to know
   What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence
   As pearls from diamonds dropt. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guest

   A guest is a person who is invited to visit or stay in someone's home or attend a particular social occasion, event, or organization. This term also refers to a person who pays for services provided by a hotel, restaurant, or other establishment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guestnoun

   a visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay

2. Guestverb

   to receive or entertain hospitably

3. Guestverb

   to be, or act the part of, a guest

4. 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.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guest

   applied to those insects that live in nests or dwelling places of other species, not necessarily at the expense of the host.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUEST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Guest is ranked #3737 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Guest surname appeared 9,483 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Guest.
   
   78.4% or 7,436 total occurrences were White.
   16% or 1,522 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 215 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 183 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 68 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 59 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Computer
   • Computer Science
   • Customer
   • Journalist
   • Visitor

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guest' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3997

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guest' in Nouns Frequency: #818

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Anagrams for guest »

1. tegus

How to pronounce guest?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say guest in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guest in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of guest in a Sentence

1. John Haywood:

   Our average per-location daily guest counts went from 700 per day to less than 200, this pre-closure guest behavior, and consumer research conducted during April, clearly indicated that the majority of guests will not be comfortable with any type of salad bar or buffet for some time.

2. Bjorn Hanson:

   Hotels do care about those, if a guest takes pillows, about half the time the hotel will send a letter saying, ‘ We hope you’re enjoying the pillows — here’s the invoice. ’.

3. Spencer Brown:

   What we saw with their review process that they subjected this lecturer to was limitations on who could attend -- students and professors – where it could take place, an advance guest list, it’s a frivolous level of restrictions.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   At a time when the middle class is shrinking, poverty is increasing and millions of Americans are working longer hours for lower wages it makes no sense to me to have an immigration bill which, over a period of years, would bring millions of 'guest workers' into this country who are prepared to work for lower wages than American workers, we need to increase wages in this country, not lower them.

5. Tom Voss:

   The tip amount should be based on a variety of variables including type of hotel — luxury vs. motel — cost of room, length of stay, degree that the guest communicates with the housekeeper and overall performance and satisfaction, hotel housekeepers work hard and are often paid little, so if the guest is satisfied, it is fashionable to tip.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=guest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Guest
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=guest
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=guest
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=guest
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=guest
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=guest