guest
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
Noun 4 meanings
A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
“The guests were let in by the butler.”
A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
“Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.”
An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
“special guest”
A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
Verb 2 meanings
To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).
Etymology
From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Doublet of host, from Latin.
GUEST at a glance
GUEST has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + E 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,523 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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