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houseguest

[ hous-gest ]

noun

  1. a person staying with a household as a guest for one night or longer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of houseguest1

First recorded in 1920–25; house + guest
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Example Sentences

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Imagine watching a television where an impolite houseguest holds the remote control and arbitrarily changes the channels.

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Smoove, who played the forever houseguest Leon Black on “Curb” before the show wrapped this year.

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The New York Post described it as “exhausting” and a “self-absorbed and overwrought disappointment,” a judgment for which the reviewer was likely shunned as a houseguest for the remaining summer season.

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When Apollinaire heard about the heist, he’d wondered if his houseguest might be connected.

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I hope you have a plan for her because we all know houseguests are like fish...they go bad after three days, and I want no fussing during the holidays.

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