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Webster 1913 Edition

Guest

Guest

(gĕst)
,
Noun.
[OE.
gest
, AS.
gæst
,
gest
; akin to OS., D., & G.
gast
, Icel.
gestr
, Sw.
gäst
, Dan.
Gjäst
, Goth.
gasts
, Russ.
goste
, and to L.
hostis
enemy, stranger; the meaning
stranger
is the older one, but the root is unknown. Cf.
Host
an army,
Hostile
.]
1.
A visitor; a person received and entertained in one’s house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.
To cheer his
guests
, whom he had stayed that night.
Spenser.
True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting
guest
.
Pope.
2.
A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or boarding house.

Guest

,
Verb.
T.
To receive or entertain hospitably.
[Obs.]
Sylvester.

Guest

,
Verb.
I.
To be, or act the part of, a guest.
[Obs.]
And tell me, best of princes, who he was
That
guested
here so late.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Guest

GUEST

,
Noun.
gest. [L. visito; Eng. visit.]
1.
A stranger; one who comes from a distance, and takes lodgings at a place, either for a night or for a longer time.
2.
A visitor; a stranger or friend, entertained in the house or at the table of another, whether by invitation or otherwise.
The wedding was furnished with guests. Matt.22.

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