Guest
[gest] or [ɡɛst]
Definition
(noun.) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended.
(noun.) a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc..
(noun.) United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959).
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Definition
(n.) A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.
(v. t.) To receive or entertain hospitably.
(v. i.) To be, or act the part of, a guest.
Checker: Thelma
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Visitor, visitant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Visitor
ANT:Entertainer, host
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Definition
n. a visitor received and entertained.—n. Guest′-cham′ber (B.) a chamber or room for the accommodation of guests.—v.i. Guest′en (Scot.) to stay as a guest.—adv. Guest′wise in the manner or capacity of a guest.
Editor: Whitney
Examples
- Old New York scrupulously observed the etiquette of hospitality, and no discussion with a guest was ever allowed to degenerate into a disagreement. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You remain a Baronet--you consent to be a mere country gentleman, she said to him, while he had been her guest in London. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In came Amy, quite calm and delightfully cordial to the one guest who had kept her promise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The guest on her left was Mr. Candy, our doctor at Frizinghall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was mindful, however, if not of his own danger, at least of the fact that Mr. Jackson was under his mother's roof, and consequently his guest. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This was her way of inviting her guest to take a chair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mrs. Farebrother welcomed the guest with a lively formality and precision. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If the guests chose to partake of what was served, he saw no objection; but it was served for the maintenance of his rank. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The three persons were Miss Abbey and two male guests. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was crowded now with the family and the wedding guests. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They would have been considered as guests of the public, and the religion of the country would have operated in their favour. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Then the kind hostess conducted her guests to the snug apartments blazing with cheerful fires. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The landlord reciprocated the old man's laugh; and returned to his guests. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Therefore the young man, slightly too dictatorial, directed the guests to their places. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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