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Host Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Host? [n] an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association [n] (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network [n] a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion [n] a vast multitude [n] archaic terms for army [n] any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games" [n] the owner or manager of an inn [n] 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 [n] (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor [n] a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [v] be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Host: emcee \| horde \| innkeeper \| legion \| master of ceremonies \| server Related Terms \| Find terms related to Host: a mass of \| a world of \| Agnus Dei \| altar bread \| announcer \| ark \| armed force \| armed service \| army \| array \| asperger \| asperges \| aspergillum \| assemblage \| assembly \| bambino \| beadroll \| beads \| bevy \| body \| bread \| bread and wine \| bunch \| candle \| career soldiers \| censer \| chaplet \| ciborium \| cloud \| cluster \| clutter \| cohue \| colony \| Communion \| consecrated bread \| consecrated elements \| consubstantiation \| covey \| cross \| crowd \| crucifix \| cruet \| crush \| deluge \| do the honors \| drift \| drive \| drove \| elements \| emcee \| entertain \| entertain guests \| entertainer \| Eucharist \| eucharistial \| fighting machine \| flight \| flock \| flocks \| flood \| forces \| galaxy \| gam \| gang \| give a party \| ground forces \| ground troops \| guest \| hail \| have \| heap \| herd \| hive \| Holy Communion \| holy cross \| Holy Grail \| holy water \| holy-water sprinkler \| horde \| hostess \| icon \| impanation \| incensory \| innkeeper \| intinction \| jam \| kennel \| landlady \| landlord \| large amount \| Last Supper \| legion \| legions \| litter \| loaf \| lots \| manager \| many \| mass \| masses of \| master of ceremonies \| matzo \| MC \| menorah \| mezuzah \| mikvah \| military establishment \| mine host \| mob \| monstrance \| muchness \| multitude \| nest \| numbers \| occupation force \| osculatory \| ostensorium \| pack \| panoply \| paratroops \| paschal candle \| pax \| phylacteries \| Pieta \| plurality \| pod \| prayer shawl \| prayer wheel \| presenter \| preside \| press \| pride \| proprietor \| proprietress \| publican \| pyx \| quantities \| quite a few \| rabble \| rank and file \| ranks \| real presence \| receptionist \| regular army \| regulars \| relics \| rood \| rosary \| rout \| ruck \| Sacrament Sunday \| sacramental \| sacred relics \| sacring bell \| Sanctus bell \| Sangraal \| school \| scores \| shoal \| shofar \| ski troops \| skulk \| sloth \| soldiery \| spate \| standing army \| storm troops \| subpanation \| sukkah \| swarm \| tabernacle \| tallith \| the Holy Sacrament \| the line \| the military \| the Sacrament \| throng \| throw a party \| thurible \| tidy sum \| transubstantiation \| trip \| troop \| troops \| urceole \| veronica \| vigil light \| votive candle \| wafer \| worlds of See Also \| adult \| army \| banquet \| being \| bread \| breadstuff \| compere \| compere \| computer \| computer network \| computing device \| computing machine \| concourse \| data processor \| definitive host \| Ed Sullivan \| Edward Vincent Sullivan \| electronic computer \| emcee \| entertain \| entertainer \| feast \| grownup \| hostess \| information processing system \| intermediate host \| junket \| Lord of Misrule \| multitude \| organisation \| organism \| organization \| padrone \| patron \| question master \| quizmaster \| receiver \| recipient \| regular army \| ringmaster \| Sabaoth \| staff of life \| Sullivan \| throng \| toastmaster \| victualer \| victualler \| wine and dine Host In Webster's Dictionary \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. Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men. \Host\, 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. A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden. 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth. \Host\, 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}.] 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. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak. \Host\, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Host\, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] ``Where you shall host.'' --Shak. \Host\, n. (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.

Host Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Host?

[n] an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
[n] (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
[n] a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
[n] a vast multitude
[n] archaic terms for army
[n] any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
[n] the owner or manager of an inn
[n] 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
[n] (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
[n] a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
[v] be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

Host In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior
      as being an offering for the sins of men.


\Host\, 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.

         A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden.

2. Any great number or multitude; a throng.

         And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of
         the heavenly host praising God.       --Luke ii. 13.

         All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden
         daffodils.                            --Wordsworth.


\Host\, 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}.]
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.

      Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes
      his parting guest by the hand.           --Shak.


\Host\, v. t.
To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser.


\Host\, v. i.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] ``Where
you shall host.'' --Shak.


\Host\, n. (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.

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