Definition of hosts Hosts
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Wiktionary 
- hosts (Noun)
Plural of host.
Part of speech
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| host - the owner or manager of an inn | ||
| innkeeper, boniface | ||
| patron a regular customer | ||
| hostess a woman innkeeper | ||
| padrone an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S. | ||
| host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | ||
| parasite an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host | ||
| being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" | ||
| intermediate host a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle | ||
| host - archaic terms for army | ||
| legion | ||
| ground forces, regular army, army a large number of people united for some specific purpose | ||
| roman legion a division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including cavalry) in the Roman army | ||
| host - 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 | ||
| grownup, adult any mature animal | ||
| host - (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor | ||
| recipient, receiver a person who receives something | ||
| host - a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion | ||
| host - any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games" | ||
| host - a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | ||
| master of ceremonies, emcee | ||
| entertainer a person who tries to please or amuse | ||
| compere British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc | ||
| lord of misrule a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration | ||
| question master, quizmaster the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game | ||
| ringmaster the person in charge of performances in a circus ring | ||
| symposiarch, toastmaster the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet | ||
| host - (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | ||
| server | ||
| computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system, computer a machine for performing calculations automatically | ||
| computer network (computer science) a network of computers | ||
| host - a vast multitude | ||
| horde, legion | ||
Verb |
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| host - be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night" | ||
| entertain take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" | ||
| banquet, feast, junket partake in a feast or banquet | ||
| wine and dine provide with food and drink, usually lavishly | ||
| compere, emcee act as a master of ceremonies | ||
| do the honors act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests | ||
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Wiktionary
- host (Noun)
A person who allows a guest, particularly into the host’s home. - host (Noun)
A person or organization responsible for running an event. - host (Noun)
A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance. - host (Noun)
Any computer attached to a network. - host (Noun)
A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite. - host (Noun)
An organism bearing certain genetic material. - host (Noun)
Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist. - host (Noun)
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host of angels. - host (Noun)
A large number of items; a large inventory. - host (Noun)
The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist. - host (Verb)
To perform the role of a host. - host (Verb)
To lodge at an inn. - host (Verb)
To run software made available to a remote user or process.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- host (n.)
The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. - host (n.)
An army; a number of men gathered for war. - host (n.)
Any great number or multitude; a throng. - host (n.)
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. - host (v. t.)
To give entertainment to. - host (v. i.)
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Organism that harbors a virus, parasite, or other pathogen, typically providing nourishment and shelter. -
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A person or organization responsible for running an event. -
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A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance. -
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To run software made available to a remote user or process. -
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Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service, especially in the celebration of the eucharist.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hōst, n. one who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper: an organism on which another lives as a parasite:—fem. Host′ess.—n. Host′ess-ship (Shak.), the character or office of a hostess.—adj. Host′less (Spens.), destitute of a host, inhospitable.—Reckon, or Count, without one's host, to misjudge, the original idea being that of totting up one's bill without reference to the landlord. [O. Fr. hoste—L. hospes, hospitis.] -
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hōst, n. an army, a large multitude.—n. Host′ing, (Milt.) an encounter of hosts, a battle: (Spens.) an assemblage of hosts, a muster.—A host in himself, one of great strength, skill, or resources, within himself; Heavenly host, the angels and archangels; Lord of hosts, a favourite Hebrew term for Jehovah, considered as head of the hosts of angels, the hosts of stars, &c. [O. Fr. host—L. hostis, an enemy.] -
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hōst, n. in the R.C. Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist—a thin circular wafer of unleavened bread. [L. hostia, a victim.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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An army; any large body of men assembled together in arms.
