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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] hoste host, guest, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] hospit-, hospes, probably from hostis
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 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]]'''''
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] hoste host, guest, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] hospit-, hospes, probably from hostis
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 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]]'''''
