Host

hōst, n. one who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper: an organism on which another lives as a parasite:— fem. Host′e .— n. Host′e -ship ( Shak. ), the character or office of a hoste .— adj. Host′le ( Spens. ), destitute of a host, inhospitable.— Reckon , or Count , without one's host , to misjudge, the original idea being that of totting up one's bill without reference to the landlord. [O. Fr. hoste —L. hospes , hospitis .]