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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
host
n 1: 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
2: a vast multitude [syn: horde, host, legion]
3: an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it
does not benefit and is often harmed by the association [ant:
parasite]
4: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an
introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn:
master of ceremonies, emcee, host]
5: archaic terms for army [syn: host, legion]
6: any organization that provides resources and facilities for a
function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the
Olympic Games"
7: (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a
donor
8: the owner or manager of an inn [syn: host, innkeeper,
boniface]
9: a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or
Holy Communion
10: (computer science) a computer that provides client stations
with access to files and printers as shared resources to a
computer network [syn: server, host]
v 1: be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior
as being an offering for the sins of men.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Host \Host\, v. t.
To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden.
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2. Any great number or multitude; a throng.
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of
the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13.
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All at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Host \Host\, v. i.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where
you shall host." --Shak.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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Time is like a fashionable host,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
--Shak.
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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.]
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7. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
host
1. A computer connected to a network.
The term node includes devices such as routers and printers
which would not normally be called "hosts".
2. A computer to which one connects using a
terminal emulator.
(1995-02-16)
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8. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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.).
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Thesaurus Results for Host:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Agnus Dei, Communion, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Holy Grail, Last Supper, Pieta, Sacrament Sunday, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, altar bread, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, beadroll, beads, bread, bread and wine, candle, censer, chaplet, ciborium, consecrated bread, consecrated elements, consubstantiation, cross, crucifix, cruet, elements, eucharistial, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, impanation, incensory, intinction, loaf, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, pax, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, real presence, relics, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, subpanation, sukkah, tabernacle, tallith, the Holy Sacrament, the Sacrament, thurible, transubstantiation, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive candle, wafer |
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2. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
MC, a mass of, a world of, announcer, armed force, armed service, army, array, assemblage, assembly, bevy, body, bunch, career soldiers, cloud, cluster, clutter, cohue, colony, covey, crowd, crush, deluge, do the honors, drift, drive, drove, emcee, entertain, entertain guests, entertainer, fighting machine, flight, flock, flocks, flood, forces, galaxy, gam, gang, give a party, ground forces, ground troops, guest, hail, have, heap, herd, hive, horde, hostess, innkeeper, jam, kennel, landlady, landlord, large amount, legion, legions, litter, lots, manager, many, mass, masses of, master of ceremonies, military establishment, mine host, mob, muchness, multitude, nest, numbers, occupation force, pack, panoply, paratroops, plurality, pod, presenter, preside, press, pride, proprietor, proprietress, publican, quantities, quite a few, rabble, rank and file, ranks, receptionist, regular army, regulars, rout, ruck, school, scores, shoal, ski troops, skulk, sloth, soldiery, spate, standing army, storm troops, swarm, the line, the military, throng, throw a party, tidy sum, trip, troop, troops, worlds of |
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Common Misspellings > |
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