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ghest

ghest is the obsolete form of guest.

Meaning of guest

Noun

guest (plural guests)

  1. A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
    • The guests were let in by the butler.
  2. A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
    • Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
  3. An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
    • special guest
  4. A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
  5. Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
  6. An inquiline.

See all 13 meanings of guest

Forms of ghest

pluralghests

Questions about ghest

What is ghest the obsolete form of?
Ghest is the obsolete form of guest.

Words near ghest in the dictionary

  1. Gherăești
  2. ghess
  3. ghessed
  4. ghesses
  5. ghessing
  6. ghest
  7. ghests
  8. ghetti
  9. ghetto
  10. ghetto bird
  11. ghetto birds

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