What is "guest"

Guest \Guest\ (g[e^]st), n. [OE. gest, AS. g[ae]st, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. g["a]st, Dan. Gj["a]st, Goth. gasts, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the root is unknown. Cf. Host an army, Hostile.]

1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.

   To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night.
   --Spenser.

   True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
   --Pope.

2. A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or boarding house.

3. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.

   2. An inquiline.

Guest \Guest\, v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.]
--Sylvester.

Guest \Guest\, v. i. To be, or act the part of, a guest. [Obs.]

And tell me, best of princes, who he was That guested here so late.
--Chapman.

Old English gæst, giest (Anglian gest) "guest; enemy; stranger," the common notion being "stranger," from Proto-Germanic *gastiz (cognates: Old Frisian jest, Dutch gast, German Gast, Gothic gasts "guest," originally "stranger"), from PIE root *ghos-ti- "stranger, guest; host" (cognates: Latin hostis "enemy," hospes "host" -- from *hosti-potis "host, guest," originally "lord of strangers" -- Greek xenos "guest, host, stranger;" Old Church Slavonic gosti "guest, friend," gospodi "lord, master"); the root sense, according to Watkins, probably is "someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality," representing "a mutual exchange relationship highly important to ancient Indo-European society." But as strangers are potential enemies as well as guests, the word has a forked path.\n

\nSpelling evolution influenced by Old Norse cognate gestr (the usual sound changes from the Old English word would have yielded Modern English *yest). Phrase be my guest in the sense of "go right ahead" first recorded 1955.

n. A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast 2 (context intransitive English) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band) 3 (context transitive obsolete English) To receive or entertain hospitably.

adj. staying temporarily; "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor" [syn: visiting, guest(a)]

1. n. a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: invitee]

2. United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959) [syn: Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guest]

3. a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.

4. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client]

Guest or The Guest may refer to:

• A person who is given hospitality
• Guest (surname), people with the surname Guest
• " The Guest", a short story by Albert Camus
• Guest (album), 1994 album by Critters Buggin
• The Guest (album), a 2002 album by Phantom Planet
• USS Guest (DD-472), a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer 1942–1946
• Guest appearance, guest actor, guest star, etc.
• Guest comic, issue of a comic strip that is created by a different person (or people) than usual
• Guest host (or guest presenter), a host, usually of a talk show, that substitutes for the regular host
• Guest operating system, an operating system, such as Linux Enterprise or Windows Server, installed on a virtual machine
• Guest ranch (or dude ranch), a type of ranch oriented towards visitors or tourism
• Guest star (astronomy), in Chinese astronomy, a star which has suddenly appeared visible in the place where no star had previously been observed and becomes invisible again after some time
• Guest statute, a statute in tort law
• Guest worker, a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen

The surname Guest is derived from the Old English word "giest", which in turn comes from the Old Norse word "gestr", both of which mean "guest" or "stranger." Spelling variations may include Gest, Geste, Gueste, Ghest, Geest, Geeste, Gist, Ghost, Jest. Other European counterparts to the name include the German and Dutch "Gast", Luxembourgish "Gaascht", Swedish "Gäst", Norwegian "Gjest", Serbian and Slovakian "Gost", Czech "Host", etc.

Among the various theories on last name origins, according to the book "The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America by H.S. King & Company, 1874 ", "Guest" derives from a place and not from the occupational status of some ancient forebear given to chronic visiting. Another theory suggests a spiritual concept i.e. "guests on this earth". Guest, the place, was near Caen, Normandy, and the original bearers of the name are said to have taken part in the Norman Conquest of England under William I in 1066. After the conquest, the family settled in Salop (now Shropshire) in middle-western England and apparently held the estate known as Lega from the De Dunstanvilles. Some ancient land records show Alan De Guest granting the lands of Alric de Lega (Guest) to a monastery called Wembridge Priory in 1150. His son Thomas (a name which occurs frequently in the Guest line) is mentioned in 1180. Some of the other Guests of antiquity were Thomas' sons Walter and Leonard, referred to in 1194 and 1280; and Henry, son of Leonard, 1240. Roger de Lega, or Guest, brother of Henry, had a son Thomas who again gave lands to Wembridge Priory. In 1295 Adam Gest (another variant of the name) was assessor of the parliamentary rolls in Salop.

From this Norman race descended Bishop Edmund Guest (1518-1577) who became the Bishop of Salisbury (1571 - 1577) and was one of the Reformers. He was the distributor of alms on behalf of Queen Elizabeth from 1560 - 1572. Also of note is the eminent manufacturer Sir John Guest (1785 - 1852) a baronet and the elder son of Thomas Guest, part owner of the Dowlais Iron Works, who died in 1807. History records as well the names of George Guest (1771-1831), an organist and composer who lived in Shropshire; Thomas Douglas Guest (1803-1839) an historical and portrait painter and Joshua Guest of Yorkshire (1660-1747) a Lieutenant General whose regiment fought in the Irish Campaign under William III. Other examples taken from church registers: Margaret Geeste married Thomas Emberson on October 5, 1546 at St. Margarets Westminster, and Edward Guest married Joane Willson at St. Botolphs Bishopsgate, city of London on September 9, 1632. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Benwoldus Guest. This was dated 1100 in the Old English Names Register, during the reign of King William II of England, 1087 - 1100. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Some Guests migrated to Ireland either as part of Henry II's (1166-1172) or any of the other various conquerors (i.e. Oliver Cromwell's) armies or support people. Ireland had been connected with England from the time of when the Anglo-Norman barons in the 12th century invaded Ireland and set up English rule; however, effective control of the island eluded the English until almost the end of the Tudor period in the mid-sixteenth century.

Waves of Guests migrated to the New World such as Elizabeth Guest arriving in Maryland in 1637, Walter Guest in Maryland in 1640, George Guest in Virginia in 1647, Anthony Guest in Virginia in 1663, Thomas Guest in New York in 1812, and John Guest in Pennsylvania in 1840.

• Al Guest (contemporary), Canadian animation producer
• Andrew Guest, American television writer
• Ann Hutchinson Guest (born 1918), authority on dance notation and wife of Ivor Forbes Guest
• Anthony Haden-Guest (born 1937), British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite
• Arthur Guest (1841–1898), British politician
• Barbara Guest (1920–2006), American poet and critic
• Bill Guest (1928–1985), Canadian television host
• Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), Welsh historian and translator; wife of John Josiah Guest
• C. Z. Guest (Lucille Douglas Cochrane Guest, 1920–2003), American socialite and fashion icon; daughter in-law of Frederick Edward Guest
• Charles Guest (1900–1977), Royal Air Force officer
• Christopher Guest (born 1948), Christopher Haden-Guest, actor, writer, director, musician
• Colin Guest (born 1937), Australian cricketer
• Cornelia Guest (born 1963), American socialite, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist
• David Guest (communist) (1911–1938), British Communist mathematician and philosopher; killed in Spanish Civil War
• David Guest (field hockey player) (born 1981), Australian field hockey player
• Braeden Guest (born 1996), Full time baller, Part time ladies man
• Douglas Guest (1916–1996), English organist, conductor, teacher, and composer
• Edgar Guest (1881–1959), American poet
• Edwin Guest (1800–1880), English antiquary
• Ernest Lucas Guest (1882–1972), Rhodesian statesman, lawyer and soldier
• Ernest Melville Charles Guest (1920–1943), Rhodesian-born RAF pilot of WWII, son of Ernest Lucas Guest
• Frederick Edward Guest (1875–1937), British politician; MP; Secretary of State for Air; son of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
• George Guest (disambiguation)
• Gladstone Guest (1917–1998), English footballer
• Glenda Guest (contemporary), Australian novelist
• Harry Guest (born 1938), British poet
• Henry Guest (1874–1957), British politician; son of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
• Ivor Guest (disambiguation)
• Jack Guest (1906–1972), Canadian Olympic rower
• Jane Mary Guest (c. 1762–1846), English composer and pianist
• Jim Guest (born 1940), American aerospace engineer and politician; state representative
• Jo Guest (born 1972), English glamor model
• John Guest (disambiguation)
• Judith Guest (born 1936), American novelist and screenwriter
• Kim Mai Guest (born 1969), American voice actress
• Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), English translator and businesswoman
• Lance Guest (born 1960), American actor
• Lennie Guest, Australian rugby league footballer
• Melville Guest (born 1943), former British diplomat and cricketer
• Michael Guest (born 1957), U.S. ambassador
• Montague Guest (1839–1909), British politician; son of John Joshua Guest
• Nicholas Guest (born 1955), American actor
• Oscar Guest (1888–1958), British politician; son of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
• Paul Guest, American poet and memoirist
• Raymond R. Guest (1907–1991), American businessman, race horse owner and polo player; son of Frederick Edward Guest
• Richard Guest (born 1967), English artist and short story author
• Rob Guest (1950–2008), British-born New Zealand-Australian actor and singer
• Robert Guest, American journalist
• Stephen Guest (contemporary), New Zealand-British barrister, Solicitor, Professor
• Thomas B. Guest (1816–1884), Canadian politician from Ontario; provincial legislator
• Thomas Douglas Guest (1781–1845), British artist
• Tim Guest (1975–2009), English author and journalist
• Tom Guest (born 1984), English rugby union player
• Val Guest (1911–2006), British film director
• William Guest (disambiguation)

• Baron Haden-Guest
  • Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest (1877–1960), British author, journalist, doctor and politician
  • Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest (1913–1996), British peer
  • Christopher Guest (Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest) (born 1948), British-American comedian and actor
• Guest family, descendants of John Guest (1722–1787), a manager of Dowlais Ironworks
  • Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (1835–1914), British peer; son of John Josiah Guest: uncle-by-marriage of Winston Churchill
  • Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873–1939), British politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; son of Ivor Bertie Guest
  • Ivor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne (1903–1967), British politician

Guest is the first studio album by Critters Buggin of Seattle, Washington and was released in 1994 on Stone Gossard's then new label Loosegroove. Guest was reissued by Kufala Recordings in 2004.