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GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

GUEST (a word See also:
COMMON
common to See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
LANGUAGES
languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with See also:
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Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " See also:
HOST
host " ) , one who receives hospitality in the See also:

house of another, his " See also:

HOST

host "; hence applied to a See also:

PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food)

parasite .

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