Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Host (-s, -'s)
host (-s, -'s), n. [OFr < L. hospitem, host, guest, stranger, foreigner.] (webplay: body, innkeeper, men, offered, pass, visit).
- Great multitude.
- Army; warlike gathering.
- Entertainer of a guest at one's residence.
- Receiver of lodgers at an inn.
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