Synonyms
anchor,
anchor person,
emcee,
entertainer,
innkeeper,
keeper,
manager,
moderator,
owner,
person of the house,
presenter,
proprietor,
army,
array,
cloudEtymology
() From Old French hoste (French: hôte), from Middle Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sourjourner, visitor, gueat; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), probably contr. of originally *hostipes hostis (“a stranger”) + -pes. Used in English since 13th Century.