Host word meaning and definition

[noun] an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
[noun] (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
[noun] a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion
[noun] a vast multitude
[noun] archaic terms for army
[noun] any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
[noun] the owner or manager of an inn
[noun] a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
[noun] (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
[noun] a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
[verb] be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"

\Host\ (h[=o]st), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. Note: In the Latin Vulgate the word was applied to the Savior as being an offering for the sins of men.
\Host\, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See {Guest}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field. --Dryden. 2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. --Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. --Wordsworth.
\Host\, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]te, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr. pati master, lord. See {Host} an army, {Possible}, and cf. {Hospitable}, {Hotel}.] One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. --Chaucer. ``Fair host and Earl.'' --Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak.
\Host\, v. t. To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Host\, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] ``Where you shall host.'' --Shak.
\Host\, n. (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.

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