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Definition of Host

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Host 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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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. 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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Host 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.
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Host 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.
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Host Host, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Host Host, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] ``Where you shall host.' --Shak.

Meaning of Host from wikipedia

- Look up host, höst, høst, or hosť in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality...
- The Host may refer to: The Host (Canterbury Tales), a character in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales The Host (novel), a 2008 novel by Stephenie...
- The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter...
- Look up Hosting or hosting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hosting may refer to: To act as the organizer or master of ceremonies for an event Self-hosting...
- A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and...
- In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont)...
- Everyday Host (えぶりでいホスト, Eburidei Hosuto) is a ****anese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Nimo Gotō. Originally published online on its...
- A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients, i.e. it offers the facilities required for them to create...
- The Zaporozhian Host (Ukrainian: Військо Запорозьке, romanized: Viis'ko Zaporoz'ke), or Zaporozhian Sich (Ukrainian: Запорозька Січ, romanized: Zaporoz'ka...
- The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) is a host identification technology for use on Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The Internet has...