Host

Etymology

Middle English hoste host, guest, from Anglo-French, from Latin hospit-, hospes, probably from hostis

• Date: 14th century

Definitions

• 1 a : one that receives or entertains guests socially, commercially, or officially

b : one that provides facilities for an event or function <our college served as host for the basketball tournament>

• 2 a : a living animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives

b : the larger, stronger, or dominant member of a commensal or symbiotic pair

c : an individual into which a tissue, part, or embryo is transplanted from another

• 3 : a mineral or rock that is older than the minerals or rocks in it; also : a substance that contains a usually small amount of another substance incorporated in its structure
• 4 : a radio or television emcee
• 5 : a computer that controls communications in a network or that administers a database

See Also

• Hospitality