guest

  1. Noun.  a recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
  2. Noun.  a patron or customer in a hotel etc.
  3. Noun.  an invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.