'Host' definitions:

Definition of 'host'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
noun
A vast multitude [syn: horde, host, legion]
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An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association [ant: parasite]
noun
A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: master of ceremonies, emcee, host]
noun
Archaic terms for army [syn: host, legion]
noun
Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
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(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
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The owner or manager of an inn [syn: host, innkeeper, boniface]
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A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
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(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network [syn: server, host]
verb
Be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

Definition of 'Host'

From: GCIDE
  • Host \Host\ (h[=o]st), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Host'

From: GCIDE
  • Host \Host\, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Host'

From: GCIDE
  • Host \Host\, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you shall host." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Host'

From: GCIDE
  • Host \Host\ (h[=o]st), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. [1913 Webster]
  • And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Host'

From: GCIDE
  • Host \Host\ (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]te, 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.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'host'

From: Easton
  • Host an entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35).
  • In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Num. 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5).
  • Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2). This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chr. 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.).

Synonyms of 'Host'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Synonyms of 'host'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Host'