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What does "host" mean?

Host: An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Luke ii.
  2. 3.All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. Wordsworth.
  3. 4.One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitosly or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer. "Fair host and Earl." Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.
  4. 5.To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.
  5. 6.To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you shall host." Shak.

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