| host | an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite |
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| host | (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network |
| host | a vast multitude |
| host | archaic terms for army |
| host | any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event |
| host | the owner or manager of an inn |
| host | a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there |
| host | (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor |
| host | a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) |
| host | be the host of or for |
| host | a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion |
| host | robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies |