Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - host
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1. n. 1 (usu. foll. by of) a large number of people or things. 2 archaic an army. 3 (in full heavenly host) Bibl. a the sun, moon, and stars. b the angels. Phrases and idioms host (or hosts) of heaven = sense 3 of n. is a host in himself can do as much as several ordinary people. Lord (or Lord God) of hosts God as Lord over earthly or heavenly armies. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L hostis stranger, enemy, in med.L 'army' 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a person who receives or entertains another as a guest. 2 the landlord of an inn (mine host). 3 Biol. an animal or plant having a parasite or commensal. 4 an animal or person that has received a transplanted organ etc. 5 the comp{egrave}re of a show, esp. of a television or radio programme. --v.tr. act as host to (a person) or at (an event). Etymology: ME f. OF oste f. L hospes -pitis host, guest 3. n. the bread consecrated in the Eucharist. Etymology: ME f. OF (h)oiste f. L hostia victim
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I. noun see: guest Date: 14th century army, a very large number ; multitude, II. intransitive verb Date: 15th century to assemble in a ~ usually for a ~ile purpose, III. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e ~, guest, from Anglo-French, from Latin hospit-, hospes, probably from ~is Date: 14th century 1. one that receives or entertains guests socially, commercially, or officially, one that provides facilities for an event or function , 2. a living animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives, the larger, stronger, or dominant member of a commensal or symbiotic pair, an individual into which a tissue, part, or embryo is transplanted from another, a mineral or rock that is older than the minerals or rocks in it, a radio or television emcee, a computer that controls communications in a network or that administers a database, IV. transitive verb Date: 15th century to serve as ~ to, at, or for , emcee , V. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English ~e, oste, from Anglo-French oste, oiste, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin ~ia Eucharist, from Latin, sacrifice Date: 14th century the eucharistic bread ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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