English Explanatory Dictionary

host

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
  2. One that provides a facility for an event.
  3. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
  4. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
  5. The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
  6. Any computer attached to a network.
  7. A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
  8. An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
  9. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
verb
  1. To perform the role of a host.
  2. To lodge at an inn.
  3. To run software made available to a remote user or process.
noun
  1. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
  2. A large number of items; a large inventory.
noun
  1. The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.

Pronunciation

/həʊst/ /hoʊst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-host.wav en-us-host.ogg

Word forms

host hosts hoast hosting hosted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.

Synonyms

presenter Body of Christ

Related words

hotel hospitable hospital hospitality hostage compere guest event master of ceremonies Lamb of God

Derived words

air host bulletproof host co-host definitive host dehost DMZ host graft-versus-host graft-versus-host disease host cell host city host country hostel hoster hostess host family hostless hostmask hostmaster hostname host plant host response hostress host rock host selling hostship host species host with the most interhost intrahost jump host mine host multihost mycohost no-host no host bar nonhost opinion host play host to reckon without one's host webhost web host wraparound host zombie host cohost hostable hostee rehost self-host heavenly host Lord of Hosts host desecration
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