Results for host
Definitions of host:
part of speech: noun
One who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper:- fem. HOSTESS.
part of speech: noun
One who entertains a friend or stranger at his own house; the landlord of an inn.
part of speech: noun
A crowd; multitude; army; one who entertains another in public or private; a landlord of a hotel or inn.- Host, the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, in the Greek, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran Churches.
part of speech: noun
An army; any great number or multitude.
part of speech: noun
In the R. Cath. Ch., the consecrated wafer- called by that Church, when used, the sacrifice of the mass.
part of speech: noun
In the R. Cath. Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, in which Christ is offered.
Usage examples for host:
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The host was a worthy man.
"French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France", Marie de France -
Just then mine host came up and said.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him", Paul Leicester Ford -
Thou, the prince of such a host
"Persian Literature, Volume 1,Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan", Anonymous -
" I beg pardon, gentlemen," said the host I did not see you."
"Marguerite de Valois", Alexandre Dumas