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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
guest/ɡest/

▶noun

1 a person who is invited to visit someone's home or attend a social or official function.
■ a person invited to take part in a broadcast or entertainment.

2 a person staying at a hotel or boarding house.

▶verb appear as a guest in a broadcast or entertainment.

– phrases
be my guest informal please do!
guest of honour the most important guest at an occasion.

– origin ME: from ON gestr, of Gmc origin.

'guest' also found in these Oxford entries:

announce - bed and breakfast - book - full board - Gastarbeiter - Gasthaus - Gasthof - guest beer - guest house - guest rope - guest worker - half board - hospitable - host - paying guest - PG - plate - plus-one - register - resident - stay - vacancy - visit - visitant - welcome

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