Definition of "guest" []

• One who is a recipient of hospitality at the home or table of another. (noun)
• One to whom entertainment or hospitality has been extended by another in the role of host or hostess, as at a party. (noun)
• One who pays for meals or accommodations at a restaurant, hotel, or other establishment; a patron. (noun)
• A distinguished visitor to whom the hospitality of an institution, city, or government is extended. (noun)
• A visiting performer, speaker, or contestant, as on a radio or television program. (noun)

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• "You are my guest, or rather, I should say, _Lady Horsingham's guest_."
• "QUESTION: There are reports that they're in some kind of guest house, what they call a guest house."
• "GROSS: That's Joan Baez on the Smothers Brothers 'show in March of 1969, and my guest is our TV critic, David Bianculli, who's written a new book about the Smothers Brothers, called "Dangerously Funny.""