guest [ guest ]
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1. A person who is invited to visit someone's home or attend a particular social occasion.
I have two guests coming to dinner tonight
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2. A person invited to participate in an official event.
a guest speaker
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3. A person invited to take part in a radio or television programme or other entertainment.
You also can hear him as a guest on Sporting News Radio.
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4. A person staying at a hotel or guest house.
No apartments were available and most hotels permitted a guest to stay only 5 days.
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5. A customer at a restaurant.
The restaurant will cater to guests on ‘first come first serve’ basis.
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6. A small invertebrate that lives unharmed within an ants' nest.
Usually you can sit beside the trails of army ants and watch for guests as the line goes by.
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1. Appear as a temporary or visiting performer or participant in a television or radio programme or other entertainment.
Maz Murray is an excellent female vocalist who guests on the show.
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Origin
1. Middle English from Old Norse gestr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gast and German Gast, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hostis ‘enemy’ (originally ‘stranger’).

