host1
• noun 1 a person who receives or entertains guests. 2 the presenter of a television or radio programme. 3 a person, place, or organization that holds and organizes an event to which others are invited. 4 often humorous the landlord or landlady of a pub: mine host raised his glass. 5 Biology an animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives. 6 the recipient of transplanted tissue or a transplanted organ. • verb act as host at (an event) or for (a television or radio programme). — ORIGIN Old French hoste, from Latin hospes ‘host, guest’.
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