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{{11}}host (n.1) "person who receives guests," late 13c., from O.Fr. hoste "guest, host, hostess, landlord" (12c., Mod.Fr. hôte), from L. hospitem (nom. hospes) "guest, host," lit. "lord of strangers," from PIE *ghostis- "stranger" (Cf. O.C.S. gosti "guest, friend," gospodi "lord, master;" see GUEST (Cf. guest)). The biological sense of "animal or plant having a parasite" is from 1857.
{{12}}host (n.2) "multitude" mid-13c., from O.Fr. host "army" (10c.), from M.L. hostis "army, war-like expedition," from L. hostis "enemy, foreigner, stranger," from the same root as HOST (Cf. host) (n.1). Replaced O.E. here, and in turn has been largely superseded by army. The generalized meaning of "large number" is first attested 1610s.
{{12}}host (n.3) "body of Christ, consecrated bread," c.1300, from L. hostia "sacrifice," also "the animal sacrificed," applied in Church Latin to Christ; probably ultimately related to HOST (Cf. host) (n.1) in its root sense of "stranger, enemy."
{{13}}host (v.) "to serve as a host," early 15c., from HOST (Cf. host) (n.1). Related: Hosted; hosting.

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