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Word entry · 4 letters

host

Best crossword clue

"One giving a party"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /həʊst/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hostStarts with HEnds with T3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be the host of or for

Word origin

From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.

Used in a sentence

  • A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.
  • Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
  • Our company is host of the annual conference this year.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01One giving a party4 letters
02Party giver4 letters
03Person giving a party4 letters

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