HOSTS
Noun
hosts
plural of host
Verb
hosts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of host
Anagrams
• shots, stosh
Source: Wiktionary
HOST
Host, n. Etym: [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to
strike.] (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: 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. Etym: [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. Etym: [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. hôte, 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.]
Definition: One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitosly 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.
Definition: To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.
Host, v. i.
Definition: To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you
shall host." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition