Guest (root: guest)

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Guest, n. [OE. gest, AS. gæst, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. gäst, Dan. Gjäst, 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.].

•  A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.  [1913 Webster]

  "To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night."  [1913 Webster]

  "True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.
  Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."  [1913 Webster]
•  A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or boarding house.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Guest, v. t. 

 To receive or entertain hospitably.  Sylvester.  [1913 Webster]

Guest, v. i. 

 To be, or act the part of, a guest.  [1913 Webster]
"And tell me, best of princes, who he was
That guested here so late."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Guest, n. & v.
--n.
1 a person invited to visit another's house or have a meal etc. at the expense of the inviter.
2 a person lodging at a hotel, boarding-house, etc.
3 a an outside performer invited to take part with a regular body of performers. b a person who takes part by invitation in a radio or television programme (often attrib.: guest artist).
4 (attrib.) a serving or set aside for guests (guest-room; guest-night). b acting as a guest (guest speaker).
5 an organism living in close association with another.
--v.intr. be a guest on a radio or television show or in a theatrical performance etc.

Idiom

be my guest colloq. make what use you wish of the available facilities. guest-house a private house offering paid accommodation. guest of honour the most important guest at an occasion.

Derivative

guestship n.

Etymology

ME f. ON gestr f. Gmc

ROGET THESAURUS

Guest

Friend

N friend, friend of one's bosom, alter ego, best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend, amicus, usque ad aras, fidus Achates, persona grata, acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance, wellwisher, favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas, tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer, ally, friend in need, comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade, confidante, intimate, old crony, crony, chum, pal, buddy, bosom buddy, playfellow, playmate, childhood friend, bedfellow, bedmate, chamber fellow, associate, colleague, compeer, schoolmate, schoolfellow, classfellow, classman, classmate, roommate, fellow-man, stable companion, best man, maid of honor, matron of honor, compatriot, fellow countryman, countryman, shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate, fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion, copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner, Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux, Nisus and Euryalus, Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum, host, Amphitryon, Boniface, guest, visitor, prot_eg_e, amici probantur rebus adversis, ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund, best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness, conocidos muchos amigos pocos, friend more divine than all divinities, vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo.