host : Idioms & Phrases
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air hostess
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noun a woman steward on an airplane
stewardess; hostess.
WordNet
definitive host
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noun the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place
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Elevation of the host
(R. C. Ch.) , that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.
Webster 1913
hostess-ship
Host"ess-ship noun
Definitions
The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.
Webster 1913
intermediate host
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noun a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle
WordNet
To reckon without one's host
- to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.
