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guest

A person who logs into a network or service that does not have a user account. Guests are given a default set of privileges until they officially register with the service. See guest account, guest privileges and user account. See also guest operating system.


guest
1. 
a. an actor, contestant, entertainer, etc., taking part as a visitor in a programme in which there are also regular participants
b. (as modifier): a guest appearance
2. a patron of a hotel, boarding house, restaurant, etc.
3. Zoology a nontechnical name for inquiline

guest [gest]
(chemistry)
Cationic, anionic, or neutral organic, inorganic, or biological substance, bound by means of various interactions (electrostatic, hydrogen bonding, van der Waals, donor-acceptor) within a crystalline or molecular structure. Also known as guest molecule; guest substance.


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The guest made no remark upon this novel cure for drowsiness, and recipe for making people lively, but, with his hands clasped behind him, stood in the porch, very much amused to see old John, with the bridle in his hand, wavering between a strong impulse to abandon the animal to his fate, and a half disposition to lead him into the house, and shut him up in the parlour, while he waited on his master.
Guest had often been on business to the doctor's; he knew Poole; he could scarce have failed to hear of Mr.
I am giving these instructions to the young men who will form the crew, for as regards you aldermen and town councillors, you will join me in entertaining our guest in the cloisters.
 
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