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house guest

house guest is the alternative form of houseguest.

Meaning of houseguest

Noun

houseguest (plural houseguests)

  1. A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.
    • We had houseguests for weeks after the wedding.
    Synonyms:
    guest

Forms of house guest

pluralhouse guests

Questions about house guest

What is house guest the alternative form of?
House guest is the alternative form of houseguest.

Words near house guest in the dictionary

  1. house fraus
  2. house gecko
  3. house geckoes
  4. house geckos
  5. house god
  6. house guest
  7. house guests
  8. house hermit
  9. house hermits
  10. house husband
  11. house husbands

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