Hypertext Webster Gateway: "host"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Host
an entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a
caravansary (Luke 10:35).
In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first
only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings
4:26; 10:26). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of
age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Num. 1:3;
26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5).
Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2;
24:2). This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and
Solomon (1 Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2
Chr. 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Host \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Host \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Host \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Host \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Host \Host\, v. t.
To give entertainment to. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Host \Host\, v. i.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] ``Where
you shall host.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
host
n 1: 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
2: a vast multitude [syn: {horde}, {legion}]
3: an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite;
the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the
association [ant: {parasite}]
4: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an
introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn: {master
of ceremonies}, {emcee}]
5: archaic terms for army [syn: {legion}]
6: any organization that provides resources and facilities for
a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for
the Olympic Games"
7: (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a
donor
8: the owner or manager of an inn [syn: {innkeeper}]
9: a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass
or Holy Communion [syn: {Host}]
10: (computer science) a computer that provides client stations
with access to files and printers as shared resources to
a computer network [syn: {server}]
v : be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"
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