noun 1. a person who has invited guests ○ The host asked his guests what they wanted to drink. 2. the landlord of a hotel or inn, also sometimes of a restaurant ○ the host of the ‘King’s Head’ 3. the person who introduces and talks to the guests on a TV or radio show ○ He was a chat show host on Saturday evening TV. 4. a person or animal that parasites live on 5. □ a host of a large number of ○ We face a host of problems. ■ verb 1. to act as host at a party ○ The company hosted a reception for two hundred guests. ○ She hosted a party for the visiting diplomats. 2. to be the centre where something takes place ○ Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games. 3. to organise and manage websites for other people
host
(host), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also the bread before consecration. In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
host
n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See Guest, and cf. Host a landlord.]
1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. “A host so great as covered all the field.” Dryden.
2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.” Luke ii. 13. “All at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils.” Wordsworth.
1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. “A host so great as covered all the field.” Dryden.
2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.” Luke ii. 13. “All at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils.” Wordsworth.
host
n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. hôte, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See Host an army, Possible, and cf. Hospitable, Hotel.] One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer. ´Fair host and Earl.´ Tennyson. “Time is like a fashionable host,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.” Shak.
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.” Shak.
Meaning of “host” in English language – noun 1. a person who has invited guests...
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