guest /gest/

1. A visitor received and entertained gratuitously or for payment
2. A person visiting one's home by invitation, to stay, for a meal, etc
3. A person paying for accommodation in a hotel, etc
4. A person honoured with hospitality by a government, organization, etc
5. An animal inhabiting or breeding in another's nest (zoology)

(an artist, conductor, etc) not a regular member of a company, etc, or not regularly appearing on a programme, but taking part on a special occasion

To be a guest artist, etc

To have as a guest artist on a show

guestˈen intransitive verb (obsolete; Walter Scott)

To stay as a guest

guestˈwise adverb (obsolete)

In the manner or capacity of a guest

guest beer noun

A beer which is on sale for a limited period in a public house, in addition to its regular beers

guestˈ-chamber (archaic; Bible) or guestˈ-room noun

A room for the accommodation of a guest

guestˈ-house noun

1. A small boarding house
2. A hospice (archaic)

guestˈ-night noun

A night when non-members of a society are entertained

guest-room see guest-chamber above.

guest rope noun

A rope hanging over the side of a vessel to help other vessels drawing alongside, etc

guest worker noun

A foreign worker employed temporarily in a country

be my guest

Used to express willingness and approval for a proposed action

• shakedown
• shakedowns
• shake hands with
• shake in one's shoes
• shaken
• shaken baby syndrome
• shake off
• shake off the dust from one's feet
• shake on
• shake one's head
• shake one's sides
• shake out
• shake-out
• shake-outs
• shaker
• shake-rag
• shake-rags
• Shakerism
• shakers
• shakes
• shake shake the dust from one's feet
• Shakespearean
• Shakespearean sonnet
• Shakespearian
• Shakespeariana